Pyrite Concretion

Item Description

These attractive, unique and incredibly interesting Pyrite concretions are some of the most distinctive specimens that I have seen from any Chinese locality. They are essentially spheres of shale upon which a deposition of small, sparkling, sharp, modified, metallic Pyrite crystals have formed in concentric "rings" or "bands". The specimen resembles some kind of strange planet, and almost has an organic look to it. A very cool "floater" specimen and certainly unusual. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#273 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 next two to three years through our various platforms.