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!

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Quarts var. Rose Quartz
Rose quartz occurrence, Wama Dist., Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.1 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $262
Celestine (exceptionally gemmy)
Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.1 x 6.7 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,775
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $396
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
Winning Bid: $525
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
Winning Bid: $461
Scheelite (fluorescent) on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.0 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $188
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
Winning Bid: $163
Plumbogummite ps. Pyromorphite (fl)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.8 x 7.3 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Fluorite, Scheelite, Dolomite, Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $732
Fluorite on Quartz
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.1 x 5.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $810
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
Winning Bid: $220
Silver
New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua , Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.0 x 6.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Cerussite (fluorescent)
Touissit, Jerada Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.5 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Cerussite and Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
3.6 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Andradite var. Demantoid
Tubussis Farm 22, Daures Con., Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Bastnasite-(Ce)
Zagi Mtn., Peshawar Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.0 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $381
Chalcopyrite
Wheal Hughes, Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.3 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $555
Rutile
Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.9 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Fluorite and Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.4 x 9.6 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Smithsonite
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Tieshan Dist., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170
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
Winning Bid: $201
Sulphur on Calcite (fluorescent)
Cozzodisi Mine, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Ilvaite and Quartz
1st Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.1 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Quartz var. Smoky in Geode
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Calcite (DT) on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 6.1 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
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
Winning Bid: $162
Cobalt-bearing Aragonite
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.1 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Skeletal Quartz
Gourrama Caidat, Midelt Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.8 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Silver on Bornite with Chalcopyrite
San Martin Mine, Sombrerete Mun., Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.4 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $287
Fluorite on Stibnite (published)
Kadamzhay Mine, Kadamzhay ore field, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.9 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,401