Fluorite (rich color) on Quartz

Item Description

A wonderfully aesthetic and fine quality small cabinet sized specimen of these beautiful, eye-catching Fluorite specimens from the Shangbao Mine. This piece was mined in the late 2000s, and is a great example of these distinctive and certainly unique specimens. The piece hosts gemmy, lustrous, strong purple colored Fluorite crystals showing "stacked" cubic faces in an octahedral orientation measuring up to 1.1 cm across, sitting on Quartz crystal matrix, creating a beautiful color combination. Minor Pyrite is present as well. The piece sits beautifully on its own without the aid of a base or clay. Looking closely, it appears that all of the Fluorites are in great condition to the naked eye, with no major damage I can see. When backlit, the Fluorite show a vibrant color, which is slightly more concentrated on the broad cubic faces. Overall a really attractive and showy piece of these excellent specimens from this important Chinese mine. Valued at $2,500. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#781 C), 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.