Quartz (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a classic Swiss Quartz specimen from the Schin Gorge (Schinschlucht) in the lowest part of the Abulatal. A composite group of sharp, lustrous, milky-white hexagonal crystals of Quartz free of matrix, which is partially included on the backside with dark "Chlorite" particles. The piece is not completely damage free, as there are some contacted areas, but it's still rather showy, and the two-tone effect from the "Chlorite" inclusions gives it character. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #18469CL. 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.