Kyanite on Quartz

Item Description

A "fan"-like group lovely rich blue color, prismatic Kyanite crystals are sitting on slightly smoky colored Quartz from the famous Barra de Salinas locality in Brazil. Some of the finest examples of crystallized Kyanite have been found at this locality. The beautiful blue color of the crystals along with the relative gemminess and good luster makes the piece a worthwhile cabinet sized display specimen. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #3544CL. 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.