Fluorite (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

A really hard to find specimen of Fluorite from the lesser-known Niederschlag Mine in Saxony featuring very good sized, sharp, well-formed, lustrous greenish-golden colored cubes measuring up to 4.3 cm on edge, with a partial coating of very pale golden colored micro Baryte crystals. This is the ONLY specimen of Fluorite that we've had to offer from this locality, and doing a bit of research online shows that the crystals on this piece are larger and better than virtually anything we can find for comparison. No damage on the top/display side of the specimen, though it's not complete on the underside where it was removed from the pocket wall. An impressive and desirable specimen for any fan of worldwide Fluorites or minerals from Germany. Valued $1,500.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#584 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.