Pyrite on Calcite

Item Description

A rarely seen specimen from Shangrao, Jiangxi, China featuring a few groups of beautiful brassy metallic Pyrite, in pyritohedral form, but they're intergrown in a way that almost creates a "rosette"-esque appearance. The largest Pyrite group measures 1.8 cm across, and they are sitting on beautifully contrasting pinkish-orange colored Calcite matrix. The color in the Calcite is hue to iron oxide (Hematite) inclusions. A very attractive and showy piece that is certainly unlike most you'll see for what are two fairly common species. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#400 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.