Fluorite

Item Description

A showy and colorful small cabinet Fluorite specimen from the Mapimí Municipality in Durango, Mexico (no specific mine is given). The piece hosts multiple gemmy, rich pinkish-purple colored crystals measuring up to 1.6 cm across, featuring cubic and dodecahedral forms, sitting on grey Quartz matrix. No major damage I can find and the crystals really light up with intense color when backlit.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl, 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.