Gypsum var: Selenite (''floater'' specimen)

Item Description

A beautiful and fine quality "floater" specimen of these uncommon Gypsum (Selenite) pieces. Dozens of sharp, well-formed, gemmy/translucent thick bladed crystals measuring up to 2.3 cm can be seen on all sides. When backlit, the color ranges from gentle golden to silvery hues. No damage that I can find. A really good example dating back to the late 1990s-early 2000s.
From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #17914CL. The piece was originally from the collection of Dan Serebrakian. 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.