Brookite (classic material)

Item Description

Magnet Cove is one of the great Brookite localities in the world, as the crystals are very distinctive and truly don't resemble Brookites from virtually any other world locality. This piece features a classic, pseudo-octahedral, blocky crystal of lustrous Brookite measuring 1.1 cm, aesthetically sitting atop Quartz on matrix. The Brookite is in good shape, but there are some small nicks, so it's not completely pristine. A good representative specimen from this classic locality in Arkansas. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#114 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 over the next two to three years through our various platforms.