Schorl with Albite and Quartz

Bulochi, Drot Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Chet Lemanski
Small Cabinet, 6.9 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Start Time: 08/03/2023 7:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/10/2023 6:54:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $338

Item Description

A classic Pakistani pegmatite association specimen from Bulochi featuring a prominent, lustrous, prismatic, jet-black, trigonal crystal of Schorl associated with a gemmy, colorless hexagonal Quartz crystal flaring off the side, and partially coated by light cream colored "rosettes" of crystallized Albite var: Cleavelandite. The piece is in great condition, and the only real damage of note is on the underside of the Quartz crystal where it was detached from the pocket wall. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #19011CL. 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.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$338 08/10/2023 6:49:01 pm (CDT)
$328 08/10/2023 6:45:43 pm (CDT)
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