WEEKLY MINERAL & GEM AUCTIONS !

A special single-collector Cull Auction featuring African Selections from the lifetime Collection of Alex Neufeld, and featuring Tsumeb and lead deposits.
1. gorgeous important CERUSSITE ON MATRIX from TSUMEB

2. LUDLOCKITE

3. TSUMEB AZURITE AND MALACHITE

4. TIGER DIOPTASE

5. GEM POCKET MIMETITE (1971)

6. a rare Berg Aukas CERUSSITE

And many more!

We have a great selection this week featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source. We have specimens from the collections of David Burgess and Gary Weaver, along with plenty from Kay Robertson!  You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time.   Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites.  We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody!
Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 
1. Super, doubly-terminated, RARE MATRIX AQUAMARINE specimen from Brazil
2. Attractive, beautifully crystallized, historic COPPER specimen from Michigan
3. Excellent, GEMMY, doubly-terminated KUNZITE crystal from Afghanistan (193 grams)
4. Classic and hard to find LARGE CABINET MALACHITE from the Cashin Mine, Colorado
5. Rare pseudomorph of TURQUOISE after FLUORAPATITE from Mexico
6. Wonderful, fine quality WITHERITE crystals on matrix from Illinois  
7. Rarities include: DRESSERITE, METAHEINRICHITE, BANDYLITE and BRAUNITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson

From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. (born 1947) of Browns Mills, New Jersey  (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html).  Chet started collecting minerals in his early teen years circa 1957.  He worked briefly as a drill runner at the famous Sterling Mine, in Ogdensburg, New Jersey before he was drafted into the military.  After making the military his career, he returned to the world of minerals when he helped convert the Sterling Mine into a public access mining museum from 1987 to 1990.  Later he held the role of treasurer, vice president and president of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (FOMS), along with serving as a board member and vice president of the Franklin Mineral Museum.  After retiring, Chet became one of the most prolific contributor, moderator, and advisor on mindat.org.  The rare hydrated sodium calcium copper arsenate, Lemanskiite was named in his honor in 1999. 
 

Over the years, Chet's combined collections of worldwide minerals and fluorescent specimens totaled over 24,000 pieces.  He also has an extensive collection of geo-literature and possesses one of the most extensive reference (not antiquarian items of anecdotal value) libraries in private hands, comprising thousands of pounds and hundreds of linear feet of publications. 
                                                                                                                                   
We are honored to present the prefatory offering of these treasures from this incredibly diverse collection from a previous era.  Stay tuned as we will be slowly rolling out specimens on a regular basis in the auctions.