Ex Collection Auction: Kurt Hefendehl

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 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. This selection features many of his beauties, offered here at no reserve for our customers!

Silver
New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua , Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.0 x 6.5 x 2.8 cm
Calcite (DT) on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 6.1 x 4.6 cm
Quartz var. Smoky in Geode
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Ilvaite and Quartz
1st Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.1 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Sulphur on Calcite (fluorescent)
Cozzodisi Mine, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Fluorapatite on Albite (both fluorescent)
Baha, Braldu Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.5 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Smithsonite
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Tieshan Dist., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite and Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.4 x 9.6 x 3.0 cm
Rutile
Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.9 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Chalcopyrite
Wheal Hughes, Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.3 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm
Bastnasite-(Ce)
Zagi Mtn., Peshawar Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.0 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Andradite var. Demantoid
Tubussis Farm 22, Daures Con., Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
Cerussite and Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
3.6 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
Cerussite (fluorescent)
Touissit, Jerada Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.5 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Cassiterite with Albite and Muscovite
Merekski ore dist., Bureya Massif, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.5 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
Quarts var. Rose Quartz
Rose quartz occurrence, Wama Dist., Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.1 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite, Scheelite, Dolomite, Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
Plumbogummite ps. Pyromorphite (fl)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.8 x 7.3 x 3.5 cm
Quartz with Hematite on Calcite (fluorescent)
Aouli, Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 7.2 x 3.8 cm
Celestine (exceptionally gemmy)
Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.1 x 6.7 x 6.2 cm
Fluorite on Quartz
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.1 x 5.5 x 2.0 cm
Scheelite (fluorescent) on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.0 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Franklinite (TYPE LOCALITY) on Calcite & Willemite
Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.8 x 5.9 x 3.8 cm
Quartz var. Smoky (published)
Dodo Mine, Berezovo dist., Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.2 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Pyrite on Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Skeletal Quartz
Gourrama Caidat, Midelt Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.8 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm
Cobalt-bearing Aragonite
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.1 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Silver on Bornite with Chalcopyrite
San Martin Mine, Sombrerete Mun., Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.4 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite on Stibnite (published)
Kadamzhay Mine, Kadamzhay ore field, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.9 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm