Proustite on Arsenic

Item Description

An old specimen from Schlema featuring cavernous, massive Native Arsenic which play host to glowing cherry-red Proustite crystals in several of the matrix cavities. The largest crystal measures about 6 mm. There is some damage on the piece, but there are several Proustites that show good crystal faces. These are rare on the market, and if you collect sulfides/sulfosalts or German classics, don't miss out on this one.
From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #5034CL. 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.