Stellerite (rare locality)

Item Description

A beautiful and rarely seen specimen from Klichka featuring a semi-spherical radiating group of pearly, translucent, soft gray colored crystal aggregates of Stellerite, free of matrix. No damage on the front/display side, and almost certainly the best example of this incredibly hard to find material that we've had to offer. If you collect zeolites, this is a cool esoteric specimen to add to your collection.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#23 R), 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 coming months and years through our various platforms.