Malachite

Item Description

A big eye-catching display quality specimen from the lesser-known Lukuni Mine in DR Congo featuring attractive, chatoyant, "needle"-like crystals of rich green Malachite, covering the underlying matrix. The piece sits beautifully on its own without the aid of a base or clay, and the upper portion is composed of a few bladed groups creating a "fan"-like formation. A highly displayable and fine quality big cabinet specimen from this obscure Congolese mine.
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 coming months and years through our various platforms.