Gypsum var: Selenite (rare locality)

Item Description

This is a notably hard to find specimen of Gypsum var: Selenite from the Negev Desert in southern Israel, which actually covers more than half of Israel's total land area. This piece is a large flattened colorless crystal with good internal gemminess and nice crystal form, with minor attached matrix on the edges. We've never had a piece of Gypsum to offer from Israel in the auctions, and this is not just a "chunk", but rather a well-formed crystal that would make a great addition to any collection. You'd be hard-pressed to find another like it any venue on the market, so don't miss out! From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #3723CL. 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.