Minium (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

Minium is an uncommon lead oxide species, that is not often found is displayable specimens. This piece is an eye-catching specimen featuring bright red-orange Minium on one side of the underlying dark sulfide-bearing matrix. I have seen a few specimens of Minium from Broken Hill available in recent years, but very few are out there, so don't miss out on this one if you're a fan of secondary ore minerals or specifically material from this famous Broken Hill locality. Highly representative of the species at this locality. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #22770CL. 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.