Hureaulite (rare and fine)

Item Description

Hureaulite is a rare and beautiful manganese phosphate species, which was named in 1825 after the type locality, a village in France by the name of Hureaux. I think it's safe to say that the best and most well-known samples are those from the Jocão pegmatite in Brazil with their glowing electric orange-pink color crystals in larger sized crystals (most other Hureaulites are micro crystals from various localities around the world). This piece is a superb, classic display specimen of Hureaulite featuring dozens of sharp, very lustrous, gemmy to translucent, rich orange-pink colored monoclinic crystals on both sides of the piece. The largest crystal measures 8 mm long. No major damage that I can see, save the back edge where it was detached from the pocket. A very impressive specimen of this hard to find material, from arguably the best location for the species in terms of the size and color of the crystals. Valued $1,500-$2,000
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#14 B), 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.