Adamite var: Copper-bearing

Item Description

A very hard to find specimen of the classic and beautiful copper-bearing Adamites from the Verkhnii Mine at Dalnegorsk, Russia. These pieces came out in the 1990s, and were short-lived on the market. They are somewhat similar to the classic Adamites from the Ojuela Mine in Mexico, with their rich colors and fine display specimens. This piece hosts a pair of spherical aggregates of rich blue-green colored, translucent/gemmy, vitreous Adamite sitting on gossan matrix measuring up to 1.6 cm across. The Adamites GLOW with color when backlit. Very attractive material, from an unlikely locality, as Dalnegorsk is better known for its sulfides, Fluorite, Quartz and Calcite specimens. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#474 RU), a well-known German collector all over Europe with worldwide contacts to dealers and collectors. He started collecting seriously at the age of 14 and his great and varied worldwide collection reached over 6000 pieces. He was very active mineralogically until shortly before his passing in 2020 at the age of 82. Considering his collection had a large number of pieces, it still had an unusually high standard of quality from most worldwide localities. He particularly specialized in all classics as well as minerals of the Black Forest, where he spent much time collecting. His Black Forest and German subcollections went to his good friend Wolfgang Wendel. We at The Arkenstone have the privilege of offering the remainder of this great worldwide collection over the next two to three years through our various platforms.