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Karnasurtite-(Ce) (incredibly rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
- Hackmanite Stock (Pegmatite No. 62), Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (Type Locality)
- Small Cabinet, 5.8 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
- Start Time: 09/02/2021 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/09/2021 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $60
Item Description
Karnasurtite-(Ce) is a complex rare-earth neosilicate species that is only found in four places in the world. This piece is from the type locality for the species (the Hackmanite Stock {Pegmatite No. 62} - though the label accompanying the piece states it is from "Vein #60") which is located on Karnasurt Mountain in the northern half of Kola Peninsula. This piece features small pastel golden-yellow patches of Karnasurtite-(Ce) sitting atop a matrix comprised of white Natrolite, cream-white Polylithionite and pastel blue-white Sodalite, along with some unidentified patches of a translucent smoky colored mineral. This is an incredibly rare mineral, virtually impossible to find on the market, and a must-have for any fan of species from the type locality or a systematic species collector. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #3730CL. 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.
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Bidding History
Bid Amount | Bid Time |
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$60 | 09/09/2021 3:00:45 pm (CDT) |
$50 | 09/09/2021 11:30:18 am (CDT) |
$45 | 09/09/2021 11:30:18 am (CDT) |
$35 | 09/09/2021 11:20:34 am (CDT) |
$30 | 09/09/2021 11:19:29 am (CDT) |
$28 | 09/09/2021 11:19:29 am (CDT) |
$10 | 09/07/2021 9:04:47 am (CDT) |