Anhydrite (rare locality)

Item Description

A very hard to find specimen of gemmy purple Anhydrite from the lesser-known Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine) in Ontario, Canada. The piece hosts a rich group of Anhydrite showing pseudo-cubic cleavage faces sitting on Amphibolite matrix. We've never had a piece of this material to offer in the auctions, and if you collection esoteric locality specimens, or specifically Anhydrite, this is a must-have specimen for your collection. This locality operated sporadically from 1954 to 1982, so this piece is easily 40+ years old, and you'll obviously never seen them again. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #1024CL. 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.