Epidote (uncommon ''fan''-shaped style)

Item Description

At first glance, this piece might appear to be Peruvian in origin, but it's certainly from the famed Green Monster Mountain locality in Alaska, arguably the most well-known Epidote locality in all of North America. These "fan"-shaped crystal groups (which are sometimes referred to as "jackstraw" groups by some of the local diggers) have only been discovered in recent years, and the unique style is certainly different from the more traditional thicker blocky crystals seen from this locality. Those of you who might have visited the "American Treasures" display in Tucson years ago, might have seen a few of these unusual and attractive Epidotes on display in the "Green Monster Mountain" case. This piece comprises deep green colored (with small pistachio green hues on the tips), highly lustrous, translucent, thin, prismatic crystals of Epidote in a "fan"-shaped aggregate. It is in great condition overall, with no major damage. A VERY cool U.S. Epidote specimen from what I was told was a one time find.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#109 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.