Lazulite (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

A hard to find specimen of Lazulite from Austria, from the Färbergraben locality that lies about 50 km south of Salzburg, and was worked many decades ago. We've only a seen a handful of these pieces over the years, and this one is notably rich and good quality for the material. This small cabinet specimen hosts many rich sapphire blue colored crystals and partial crystals of the magnesium aluminum phosphate, Lazulite associated with translucent white Quartz on matrix. There are several euhedral, well-formed crystals on the specimen with distinct faces, which look beautiful up close. A very good example of this elusive, classic material, which is some of the most attractive Lazulite you'll find outside of the Yukon. Don't miss out, this is a good one, and we don't have another to offer. Valued $1,000.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#22 O), 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.