Special Auction: Selected specimens from the Kurt Hefendehl Collection - Ends July 28, 2022

This week we are pleased to offer a selection of classic specimens from the diverse and historic collection of one of the great mineral collectors of Germany from the last nearly 70 years. Kurt Hefendehl was a well-known German collector in the mineral world 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. 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. Stay tuned for more, and in the meantime here is a selection through the middle of the collection, specializing in classics of the 1970s-1990s, with several fantastic $5,000-10,000 high-end specimens!

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Titanite and Adularia with Chlorite inclusions (Hefendehl Coll.)
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.9 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Quartz with Fluorite and Pyrite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Kara Oba, Kazakhstan
7.6 x 6.1 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Pyromorphite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
4.4 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $212
Cerussite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
6.1 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Azurite with Malachite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi Dist., Chizhou, Anhui, China
7.5 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Amethyst with Dolomite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6.4 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $742
Calcite on Chalcopyrite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Dayu, Jiangxi, China
7.0 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Apatite on Albite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Sapo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.9 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $408
Fluorite with Calcite on Ferberite and Arsenopyrite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.2 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Wulfenite and Baryte (Hefendehl Coll.)
Mibladen Dist., Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.9 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $548
Fluorite on Adularia (Hefendehl Coll.)
Winterstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen, Uri, Switzerland
8.0 x 6.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Calcite and Quartz (Hefendehl Coll.)
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
10.9 x 6.4 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $395
Rhodonite (Hefendehl Coll.) - significant, 1990s find
Chiurucu Mine, Dos de Mayo Prov., Huánuco, Peru
5.8 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,277
Fluorite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.7 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Axinite-(Fe) (Hefendehl Coll.)
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
6.2 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Quartz var. Chalcedony cast after Halite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Sidi Rahal, El Kelaa des Sraghna Prov., Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
13.4 x 10.9 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Hedenbergite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Jebel Bou-Agrao, Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
9.4 x 7.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $332
Malachite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
8.3 x 6.9 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Topaz (Hefendehl Coll.)
Sherlova Gora, Nerchinsky Dist., Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
7.0 x 5.9 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $267
large Opal (Hefendehl Coll.) - significant Brazil locale piece
Pedro II, Piaui, Brazil
13.8 x 7.9 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $671
Ferberite on Quartz (Hefendehl Coll.)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
4.6 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Cobaltian Calcite and Kolwezite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi Mining Dist., Lualaba, DR Congo
9.0 x 7.2 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluorite on Fluorite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu, Northern Cape, South Africa
8.6 x 7.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluorite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Emilio Mine, Colunga Mining Dist., Asturias, Spain
9.3 x 8.1 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Epidote (Hefendehl Coll.)
Rosario Mabel claim, Pampa Blanca Dist., Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica, Peru
10.3 x 9.8 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Gold (Hefendehl Coll.)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia, Australia
5.3 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $5,938
Fluorite with Stibnite (Hefendehl Coll.) - rare classic combination find
Kadamzhay Mine, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
10.0 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $3,000