Orthoclase (classic ''Carlsbad'' twin) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A wonderful old classic example of these elusive specimens from the La Machota Baja outcrop in Spain. This is a beautiful "floater" crystal of Carlsbad-twinned Orthoclase with sharp, well-formed faces and beige hue. This piece was collected in the 1960s-1970s, and is a great representation of these classics from this wonderful old locality. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #2735CL. 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.