Jamesonite on Quartz with Calcite (RARE locality specimen)

Item Description

PLEASE NOTE: This specimen is listed as Jamesonite in Kurt's collection catalogue, though we don't have analysis to confirm this. It's possible that this could be Boulangerite or another fibrous sulfosalt. With that said, it's still an incredibly rare piece for the locality, as we've NEVER had a piece of Jamesonite to offer from the Nikolaevskiy Mine, nor a piece of Boulangerite that I can remember.
This showy display quality specimen features many fibrous, steel-grey colored crystals and felted masses of Jamesonite which are sitting atop a plate of prismatic, colorless, gemmy hexagonal Quartz crystals, along with compressed, rhombs of Calcite sprinkled about. An important and ridiculously hard to find specimen from the Nikolaevskiy Mine in Dalnegorsk. It's the kind of piece you'll only find in such deep and comprehensive collections like this, as few were found, but good ones like this were virtually unseen. Valued $2,500.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#571 Ru), 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 through our various platforms.