Epidote

Item Description

A beautiful Epidote specimen from the Gamsberg area in Namibia. This piece comprises rather sharp and lustrous, deep green prismatic crystals are intergrown in a "stepped"/sculptural formation with no matrix. The crystals seem to be opaque, even with strong backlighting, so I suppose a TINY bit of color can be seen on the edges. The majority of the crystals are in good shape, but the piece is not pristine, as there are some contacts in a few spots. The piece honestly reminds me of the old Austrian classics from the Knappenwand (which makes sense as I'm told the Gamberg Area producing "Alpine-type" cleft minerals just like those from the Austrian Alps), but this piece still has a distinctness all its own.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#147 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 through our various platforms.