Quartz (classic locality)

Item Description

This well-known Quartz-producing quarry is famous for Steatite pseudomorphs after Quartz, but it also produced a varied amount of fine quality crystallized Quartz specimens as well. Good display specimens like this are fairly to hard to find on the market now, and this is certainly one of the best examples from the "Johanneszeche" that we've had to offer. For reference, the entry on mindat.org states that mining at this locality dates back to 1542. This is an impressive and sculptural group of very sharp, rather lustrous, well-formed, robust hexagonal prismatic crystals measuring up to about 4.0 cm, with minor attached matrix. The major crystals are all in excellent condition, with no major damage I can find, and the only roughness is around the lower periphery where the piece was removed from the pocket wall. A really good specimen from this classic locality.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#373 D), 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 foreseeable future through our various platforms.