Tourmaline

Item Description

A beautiful single crystal of gemmy pink Tourmaline from the famous Cruzeiro Mine in Brazil. The termination shows a slightly richer "cranberry" hue than the rest of the prism. There is a slight bit of skeletal etching on the termination, giving it a unique appearance. Specimen weight is 3.2 grams. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #20502CL. 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.