Vesuvianite (classic locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A classic example of the famous Vesuvianites from the Webster prospects (Goodall Mine) in Sanford, Maine. This small cabinet a group of blocky, striated, prismatic, dark greenish-brown Vesuvianite crystals measuring up to 3.1 cm. No real matrix to be seen, it's basically a solid group of Vesuvianite. The piece is not pristine, as the crystals are not terminated, but they do feature well-formed prism faces. This piece was collected in the early 2000s. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #2339CL. 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.