Siderite (spherical groups) (''floater'' specimen)

Item Description

A wonderful "floater" specimen of these classic and distinctive Siderites from Dalnegorsk. This piece features a few excellent spherical balls of sparkly, tan, blades of Siderite associated with scattered, lustrous, translucent, colorless Calcite rhombs from this famous mineral-producing area in Russia. As mentioned, the piece is a complete "floater", as I can't find any damage or point of attachment. The piece was collected circa 1999. A really special and fine quality example of these beautiful Siderites. Valued $1,200.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#372 Ru), 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.