Anglesite on Galena (excellent classic material)

Item Description

Anglesite is one of the great secondary lead minerals, well-known and beloved by collectors. The species actually forms as a secondary crystallization of the breakdown of Galena. Most of the Anglesite specimens / crystals you'll find from various world localities are often white/colorless, but the most desirable examples are the superb yellow crystals from Touissit, Morocco. When it comes to the top examples of Anglesite in the world, Touissit is the premier locality for the species. Even when you compare the best Anglesites from preeminent localities like Tsumeb, they are still not at the same level as what Touissit has produced. This piece is a very impressive, showy and three-dimensional specimen featuring, thick blocky, soft yellow colored, gemmy, sharp, lustrous orthorhombic crystals of Anglesite measuring up to 3.2 cm sitting on a dense / hefty matrix comprised of dark grey Galena. I think the most impressive aspect of the piece is the fact that the crystals are in superb condition, as Anglesite is a soft and brittle species, so you'll often find pieces from this locality with a fair amount of damage. In fact, the only damage I can find is a small contact near the base of the crystals where the piece was removed from the pocket wall. It's quite difficult to find such excellent, well-formed, attractive crystals of Anglesite in this size range on matrix from Touissit anymore these days, and there hasn't been anything this good from any other world locality. BETTER IN PERSON, it's difficult to convey the size, scope and quality of the piece in photos/video. This piece is priced at $7,500 in the inventory making this a great opportunity to pick up a fine specimen of this iconic material for a great bargain. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#94 M), 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.