Quartz var: Smoky (scepter)

Item Description

You will find Quartz crystals from thousands of worldwide localities out there, but there are a few places that produce some truly iconic and eye-catching examples. The famed Brandberg area in the Erongo Mountains of Namibia are certainly some of the most distinctive and alluring Quartz crystals found in the modern era of mineral collecting. This piece is a robust, good-sized very sharp, lustrous, gemmy, scepter crystal of Smoky Quartz with wonderfully well-formed, lustrous, sharp, smooth faces and fine internal gemminess with a light goldens-smoky hue, which is accompanied by a smaller accenting Quartz crystal on the side. No major damage, only a few tiny dings that I can seee. A fantastic specimen of these now classic Quartz crystal dating back to what was an earlier discovery based upon the information from those who are very familiar with the material. If you collect Quartz crystals or Namibian minerals, don't pass it up, as it's a really beautiful and good-sized display of these eminent Quartz crystals.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#112 NA), 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 through our various platforms.