Goethite (iridescent) coating Quartz

Item Description

A showy and sculptural specimen of beautifully coppery colored Goethite which is almost completely coating underlain tiny Quartz crystals from the Fengjiashan Mine in Hubei, China. The upper portion of the piece features beautiful rainbow iridescence, though this section of the piece is not coating Quartz. A really beautiful and desirable piece of a species that is not often found in showy display speicmens.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#290 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 coming months and years through our various platforms.