Epidote and Talc (RARE combo) Hefendehl Coll.

Item Description

VERY RARE and impressive large combination from the well-known Alpine-type deposits at Tormiq. World-class Epidote specimens are well-known from here, BUT - here we have a striking, aesthetic diverging spray of classic, large, lustrous, translucent, olive-green prisms, to 10.0 cm, dramatically set in a sculptural tapered mass of soft-to-the-touch RARE Talc. MINDAT lists talc for the locale, but there are NO examples in the Photo Gallery. Ex Hefendehl Collection. Kurt Hefendehl was a most well-known collector in the mineral world all over Europe with worldwide contacts to dealers and collectors. He started seriously collecting in the age of 14 and his great and various worldwide collection reached a number of over 6000 pieces. He was incredibly mineralogically active, until shortly before his passing in 2020 in the age of 82 years. His collection had, considering that high number of pieces, an unusual high quality standard from most worldwide localities. He particularly specialized in all classics; and the minerals of the Black Forest where he spent many visits collecting (that and the Germany subcollection went to his good friend Wolfgang Wendel. The Italian suite went to Marini). We have the rest to offer over the next 2-3 years, through our platforms. We have lost a great friend and connoisseur, a true mineral collector of the Golden Age. A significant and rare large combination from the locale.