Hedenbergite (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

Here we have a notably rare locality specimen of Hedenbergite from the Jebel Bou-Agrao locality in Morocco, which is a alkaline-peralkaline complex which lies about 20 km SW of Midelt (mindat). It's a notably showy and eye-catching display specimen featuring several prismatic, blocky, dark greenish-black crystals measuring up to 3.0 cm, aesthetically flaring off the underlying matrix. No major damage that I can find. A cool rare locality specimen that you don't see available anywhere on the market these days. Pieces like this are what made the Hefendehl collection special, as Kurt had a keen eye for esoteric, yet fine quality examples of a lot of minerals from hard to find locales.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#167 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 through our various platforms.