Goethite (classic locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a classic and very showy Goethite from this old iron ore pit in Pennsylvania. These iconic specimens are among the best Goethites from any locality in the state, and were widespread among older collections, especially on the East Coast of the United States. This small cabinet specimen hosts black goethite botryoids free of matrix. A very good quality old-time specimen from this well-known locale in southeastern Pennsylvania. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #0610CL. Chet was born 1947 in started collecting minerals circa 1957. He worked briefly as a drill runner at the famous Sterling Mine, in Ogdensburg, New Jersey and from 1987 to 1990 he helped convert the mine into a public access mining museum. He has held the role of treasurer, vice president and president of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (FOMS), and has been a board member and vice president of the Franklin Mineral Museum. The rare copper arsenate, Lemanskiite was named in his honor in 1999.