Ettringite with Brucite (rare combo)

Item Description

A big beautiful association specimen from the famous Wessels Mine featuring dozens of prismatic, light yellow colored, hexagonal crystals of the rare calcium aluminum sulfate, Ettringite associated with Brucite which ranges in color from a peach-golden hue to a light aqua-blue tone. It's incredibly rare to find these two minerals together from this locality, especially in full cabinet sized display pieces, and the fact that the Brucite is bi-colored makes it all the more attractive. The Ettringites look good up close, and there are literally several dozen of them on the piece. If you collect minerals of the Kalahari Mn Field, or just minerals of South Africa, this is a cool and rare specimen that would make a great addition to your collection. Valued $2,400.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#36 SA), 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.