Topaz (GEM crystal)

Item Description

A beautiful example of these now hard to find Topaz specimens from the late 2000s. This GEM quality crystal is pristine with textbook form and a light sherry hue with minor attached blades of Muscovite. The Topaz is phenomenally equant and displays magnificently as you can see. Note the sharp chisel termination, similar to Pakistani material, but the Chinese crystals do not seem to fade when exposed to light like those from Pakistan. The piece is nearly a complete "floater", as the base is not broken, but rather re-crystallized ("re-healed"), so it's essentially crystallized all over. Valued at $2,000. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#326 C), 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.