Quartz (uncommon locality)

Item Description

An attractive group of sharp, lustrous, well-formed, white/colorless prismatic crystals of Quartz on minor matrix from the Bayerland Mine in Bavaria. The crystals range from translucent to somewhat gemmy in areas, and most of them are in excellent condition. The largest crystal measures 5.1 cm long. A cool esoteric locality piece for any fan of Quartz or German minerals.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#372 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.