Anatase on Quartz

Item Description

This piece was mined circa 2003-2005 when there was a find of superb "Alpine-type" quality Anatase specimens from Balochistan, Pakistan. These Anatase specimens are some of the finest quality pieces to be found in the modern era of minerals. This piece features a predominant, very sharp, highly lustrous, well formed, tetragonal crystal of Anatase with a very dark metallic, steel-blue color that can be seen just under the surface of the crystal when viewed in strong lighting associated with prismatic gemmy to translucent white/colorless Quartz crystals on matrx. The main Anatase crystal measures 6 mm and is associated with additional smaller Anatase crystals. This is a good quality example of this modern maerial, but it's truly on par with the classic specimens from Norway with regard to quality and crystal size. Priced at $1,000 in the inventory. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#15 AP), 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.