Gypsum var: Selenite

Item Description

Gemmy, soft golden colored crystals of Gypsum var: Selenite with an almost "waxy" luster are intergrown to form a beautiful flower-like "floater" group from the Gmina Dobrzyń nad Wisłą in Poland. The main crystal on the specimen measures 6.0 cm and is doubly-terminated. I can see a few minor "rubs" on the piece, but it is largely damage-free. These are not commonly seen on the market now, and were mined circa 2000. If you collect Gypsum, this is something interesting and different from a lesser-known locale that would make a nice addition. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #17912CL. 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.