Mimetite var: Campylite (classic material)

Item Description

Here we have a classic example of the famous "Campylite" specimens from the Dry Gill Mine in England. This variety of Mimetite is most commonly associated with this locality, and its distinctive somewhat spherical barrel-shaped habit of the crystals are some of the most well known of all English minerals. This is old classic material, and it's notably hard to find full cabinet sized display pieces like this on the market these days. The piece features many lustrous, bright yellowish-orange to greenish-yellow colored semi spherical aggregates of Campylite on a matrix of Quartz with grey colored Psilomelane. The largest Campylite group measures 5 mm across. No major damage that I can see. A very attractive specimen of this well-known historic material. I would put this one in the price range of about $1,200-$1,500. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#94 E), 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 for the coming months/years through our various platforms.