Calcite with Marcasite (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

Here we have a showy display piece featuring fine quality, sharp, well-formed, off-white colored scalenohedral crystals of Calcite measuring up to 2.5 cm, associated with contrasting, metallic, iridescent bronze colored bladed crystals of Marcasite. A very eye-catching combo specimen, and although Calcite and Marcasite are not rare species, fine crystallized pieces like this from Ramsbeck are very hard to find on the market.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#588 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.