Stibnite (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

A very rarely seen Stibnite specimen from the lesser-known Animón Mine in Peru. The overall size and quality of the crystals is about as good as anything I've seen from the locality. These came out circa late 1990s, and are virtually impossible to find on the market today. This small cabinet features many excellent, rather lustrous, fairly thick prismatic crystals of a glistening silvery-grey metallic hue measuring up to 3.5 cm, free of matrix. Some crystals features a secondary overgrowth of darker grey tiny Stibnite crystals for a nice touch. Very little damage, save the base where the piece was separated from the pocket wall. It's rare to find such attractive and fine quality Stibnites from most Peruvian localities, but this is a rare one for the locality, so if you collect sulfides or Peruvian minerals, this is a very worthwhile piece to add to your collection. Valued $1,250.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#71 Pe - but it's actually #72 Pe in Kurt's collection catalogue), 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.