Vesuvianite (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

A very fine example of the seldom seen Vesuvianites from the Bazhenovsk Deposit in Asbest, about 50 km northeast of Yekaterinburg. This is as far as I can recall, the finest example of this material that we've had to offer in the auctions. Dozens of highly lustrous, rich green colored, narrow prismatic crystals measuring up to 7 mm long can be seen covering the display side of the specimen. The crystals are rather gemmy once you view them up close. A notably rich and very impressive example of this hard to find material.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#676 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 through our various platforms.