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Topaz
- Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Ex. Chet Lemanski
- Toenail, 3.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
- Start Time: 05/11/2023 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/18/2023 6:55:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $95
Item Description
A classic, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, pale sherry colored single Topaz crystal free of matrix, from Dassu in the high mountains of Pakistan. A classic example of these beautiful Topaz crystals. Please note that these particular crystal can fade to colorless if they are left out in the light, so please keep it in a closed dark box as much as possible to preserve the color. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #18852CL. 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
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$95 | 05/18/2023 6:45:42 pm (CDT) |
$85 | 05/18/2023 6:45:42 pm (CDT) |
$75 | 05/18/2023 6:42:37 pm (CDT) |
$65 | 05/18/2023 6:42:37 pm (CDT) |
$60 | 05/18/2023 6:25:40 pm (CDT) |
$50 | 05/18/2023 6:25:40 pm (CDT) |
$45 | 05/18/2023 4:46:33 pm (CDT) |
$40 | 05/16/2023 11:55:01 am (CDT) |
$36 | 05/16/2023 11:55:01 am (CDT) |
$35 | 05/15/2023 3:53:13 am (CDT) |
$30 | 05/15/2023 3:53:13 am (CDT) |
$20 | 05/15/2023 3:52:30 am (CDT) |
$15 | 05/15/2023 3:52:30 am (CDT) |
$10 | 05/12/2023 10:22:17 pm (CDT) |