Vesuvianite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A classic specimen of these now seldom seen Vesuvianites from near Lake Jaco. The piece features an attractive, sharp, lustrous, rich yellow-brown color, doubly-terminated crystal of Vesuvianite free of matrix from this famous locality that produced specimen in the mid-late 1990s. The piece has a few contacted areas, so it's not 100% pristine, but it's a very good sized crystal for the locality. Good specimens are not common on the market anymore. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #14715CL. 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.