Baryte

Item Description

A classic example of the Barytes from Elk Creek featuring gemmy, sharp, well-formed, light golden colored prismatic crystals measuring up to 6.5 cm, sitting on typical yellow-gold colored Calcite on host rock matrix. There is a small ding on the termination of the largest Baryte group, but overall the piece is still in very good condition. It sits quite nicely on its own and the matrix is coated by the drusy Calcite on nearly all sides, save the top where it was separated from the pocket wall. A showy piece of these well-known Barytes.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#150 US), 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 through our various platforms.