Andradite Garnet

Item Description

A wonderful showy specimen of these old classic Andradites from the Sinerechenskoe skarn occurrence in eastern Russia. This piece features a predominant, sharp, well-formed, lustrous, textbook trapezohedral crystal of dark brownish Andradite measuring 2.5 cm across, with several additional Andradites, associated with minor prismatic Calcite on massive Andradite matrix. The main crystal is in great condition, though one contact can be seen on the back. The piece sits quite nicely on its own without the aid of a base or clay. A great example of this beautiful fine quality material.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#23 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.