Tremolite (large crystal section) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A notably large and thick partial crystal of Tremolite from near Perth, Ontario, Canada. The color is a dark brown hue in reflected light, but with some strong backlighting along the edge, you get more of a golden-brown shade, which reminds me of Axinite-Fe crystals I've seen from Baja, Mexico. Obviously this is more of a reference specimen, as it's not terminated, but how often does one find such robust and weighty crystals of Tremolite from ANY locality? From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #3653CL. A former Donald Ferguson collection specimen also. 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.