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