Baryte (classic material)

Item Description

A showy and fine quality classic golden Baryte specimen from the famous Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine. The piece hosts several sharp, lustrous, gemmy, rich golden color, prismatic orthorhombic crystals measuring up to 3.2 cm aesthetically sitting on pyramidal Quartz crystal matrix. Most of the crystals are essentially pristine, but one of the terminations on the smaller crystals has a small "rub" that I can see with the naked eye. These specimens were mined a few decades ago, and are not terribly common on the market anymore. Priced at $1,500. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#152 D), 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.