Calcite on Marcasite

Item Description

A showy and notably hard to find big cabinet specimen of Calcite from Ramsbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany featuring compressed, colorless, translucent, rhombic crystals measuring up to 3.6 cm, sitting on contrasting, metallic, iridescent bronze colored crystals of Marcasite on a thin plate of matrix. I can't find any damage, outside of the periphery where the piece was removed from the pocket wall. This particular style / habit of the crystals combined with a big showy specimen makes this a desirable piece from an uncommon locality that you're not likely to find anywhere else on the market.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#589 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 through our various platforms.