Datolite

Item Description

Here we have a wonderful, three-dimensional display piece of these classic Datolites from the Bor Pit at Dalnegorsk, which has produced some of the finest Datolites of any locality in the world. Dozens of sharp, lustrous, translucent, colorless, somewhat tabular crystals of Datolite measuring up to 2.0 cm on minor matrix. Most of the crystals are largely damage-free, though there are some small imperfections in a few places. It's rare to see such an elaborate diverging group of crystals like this, especially with many individual discernible crystals.
Valued $1,500.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#317 Ru), 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.