Siderite var: Sphärosiderite (RARE locality specimen)

Item Description

A remarkably hard to find specimen of Sphärosiderite (a rare microcrystalline, botryoidal variety of Siderite) from this obscure locality that lies about 13 miles east of Frankfurt. This is the ONLY specimen I've seen from the locality. It features a good quality, spherical Sphärosiderite "ball" measuring 1.1 cm across, sitting atop oxidized matrix. The Sphärosiderite has a pale golden color, and shows moderate translucency when backlit. No damage and beautiful composition with the Sphärosiderite perfectly centered on the matrix. Valued $950 for the quality and the rare locality.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#255 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.