Topaz

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.