Azurite (uncommon locality)

Item Description

A lesser-seen specimen of Azurite labeled as coming from the Errachidia Province in Morocco in Kurt's collection catalogue, with no specific mine listed, but it's possibly from the El Fetch locality. The piece shows unusually stalactitic form loaded with notably lustrous, sharp, well-formed, thick bladed crystals of midnight blue Azurite measuring up to 8 mm. The top of the piece has a contact where it presumably grew against the pocket wall, not truly damage, but it prevents the piece from being 100% perfect. An attractive and certainly unusual piece for any fan of Azurites or Moroccan minerals.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#384 MR), 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 through our various platforms.