Beryl var: Goshenite with Schorl

Item Description

A show and three-dimensional display specimen from Erongo featuring many sharp, lustrous, translucent, white/colorless hexagonal prismatic crystals of Goshenite Beryl measuring up to 1.7 cm, associated with black, striated, prismatic groups of Schorl Tourmaline (some testing has shown that these crystals contain Foitite Tourmaline as well) with a bit of tan colored Muscovite. The piece is in good shape overall, with only a few imperfections here and there. I love that the piece sits beautifully on its own without the aid of a base or clay. iced at $1,600. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#81 Na), 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.