Babingtonite with Prehnite on Quartz

Item Description

A very attractive cabinet sized display piece that dates back to the early 2000s. Very little of this material is available on the market now, especially in this quality, nothing new has been found for many years. This attractive piece features many well-formed, tabular Babingtonite crystals with sharp faces and moderate luster measuring up to 2.6 cm associated with soft green colored botryoidal Prehnite with Quartz sitting on matrix. The largest Babingtonite is doubly-terminated, which is rare for this material, as the crystals are rarely suspended above the matrix so both ends can crystallize. Very little damage and great aesthetics. Valued $1,200.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#790 C), 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.