Fluorite (superb large near ''floater'' specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

The famous Fluorite mining district around the town of Rottleberode in Saxony, Germany was active up until 1990, and produced some really beautiful and often large display quality specimen of Fluorite. This particular specimen is quite similar to those I've seen labeled as coming from the Flußschacht Mine, but it's hard to say for certain if was actually found there. With that said, it's a notably impressive large cabinet display piece featuring gemmy green crystals with cubic and dodecahedral faces measuring up to a whopping 11.8 cm across(!) and no matrix. As a matter of fact, the piece is nearly a complete "floater", as it is totally recrystallized ("re-healed") on the back, and I can only see a couple of small points of attachment, so I would say it's 98% crystallized on all sides. Very little damage of note, and the piece looks beautiful when you hold it in your hands. Rarely does one have the opportunity to pick up a large cabinet specimen of this classic material, let alone a piece of high quality and displayability. It's a hefty specimen, weighing in at 1,565 grams. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the larger size and weight of this specimen, an additional shipping charge will be required, so please keep this in mind when bidding and contact us with any questions. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #0646. 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. The piece is priced at $4,500 in our inventory.