Ex. Coll Auction - Kurt Hefendehl
We are pleased to offer a selection of classic specimens from the diverse and historic collection of Kurt Hefendehl. He was a well-known German collector with worldwide connections to many dealers and collectors. He started collecting seriously at the age of 14 and his worldwide collection reached over 6000 pieces. He was very active until shortly before his passing in 2020 at 82.
This selection features many of his beauties, offered here at no reserve for our customers!
- Erythrite with Skutterudite
- Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate Prov., Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.8 x 6.8 x 5.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $240
- Tetrahedrite with Galena on Quartz
- Pribram, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.5 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $227
- Quartz included and with Hematite
- Jinlong Hill, Longchuan Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.8 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $559
- Erythrite
- Sara Alicia Mine, San Bernardo, Alamos Mun., Sonora, Mexico
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.5 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $435
- Pyromorphite on Goethite
- Dognecea, Caras-Severin Co., Romania
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.3 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $311
- Titanite (twinned) with Chlorite
- Habach Valley, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See Dist., Salzburg, Austria
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.0 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $421
- Calcite on Albite
- Grieswies-Schwarzkogel, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.0 x 4.1 x 5.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $90
- Epidote with Quartz
- Rosario Mabel Mine, Pampa Blanca Dist., Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica, Peru
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.5 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $320
- Pyromorphite
- Black Star open cut, Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.5 x 7.2 x 3.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $275
- Euclase with Calcite
- La Marina Mine, Pauna Mun., Boyaca Dept., Colombia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 3.8 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $521
- Schorl Tourmaline with Albite and Quartz
- Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.0 x 7.5 x 6.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $435
- Bixbyite with Topaz
- Solarwind Claim, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 6.4 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $61
- Ilvaite with Quartz
- Huanggang Mine No. 1, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.0 x 6.8 x 2.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $90
- Mn-Vesuvianite
- Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.8 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $242
- Baryte
- Jinkouhe Dist., Leshan, Sichuan, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.5 x 7.4 x 3.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $129
- Azurite with Malachite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.0 x 4. 9 x 3.9 cm
- Winning Bid: $285
- Hubnerite with Fluorite, Calcite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.5 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $190
- Fluorapatite
- Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.8 x 3.2 x 3.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $210
- Calcite on Calcite
- Santa Eulalia Dist., Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.7 x 7.9 x 6.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $160
- Cerussite with Malachite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 6.0 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $90
- Olmiite on Calcite
- N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.5 x 6.0 x 1.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $420
- Fluorite
- Tule Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Melchor Muzquiz Mun., Coahuila, Mexico
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 13.3 x 11.6 x 5.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $376
- Titanite with Chlorite & other inclusions
- Mulla Ghori, Khyber Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 6.5 x 5.9 x 3.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $222
- Hausmannite, Andradite and Calcite
- N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 9.3 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $185
- Talmessite
- Bou Azzer Mine, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.5 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $726
- Hubnerite with Quartz
- Pasto Bueno, Pampas Dist., Pallasca Prov., Ancash, Peru
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 6.3 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $185
- Azurite (classic locale)
- Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 6.8 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $145
- Pyrrhotite
- Nikolai Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.2 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
- Winning Bid: $155
- Smithsonite with Bromian Chlorargyrite
- Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.8 x 8.3 x 4.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $160
- Cuprite with Quartz - circa 1894
- Wheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.0 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $277