Epidote on Feldspar

Item Description

A fairly hard to find Epidote specimen from the Brandberg Area in Erongo, Namibia featuring attractive little "fan"-like clusters of dark green Epidote measuring to about 5 mm, sitting on partially etched cream colored Feldspar matrix. Minor gemmy colorless Calcite is present on the piece as well. While Epidote is not a terribly rare mineral, it's quite difficult to find specimens from Brandberg on the market, and this piece dates back to the late 1990s-early 2000s, and very few have been found since.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#79 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.