SPECIAL SELECTIONS FROM THE KURT HEFENDEHL COLLECTION - ENDS MAY 5, 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.

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Fluorite
Xianghuapu mine, Hunan, China
11.6 x 8.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Gem Sphalerite on Quartz
Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au deposit, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
9.2 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Fluorite and Quartz on Sphalerite
1st Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
10.3 x 8.1 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $273
Wodginite with Albite and Quartz
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.9 x 7.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $297
Spinel with Norbergite and Scapolite
Koksha Valley, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
10.5 x 8.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Pyromorphite (rare color for locale)
Les Farges mine, Ussels, France
10.7 x 7.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $660
Copper
Itauz Mine, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
6.9 x 6.3 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $362
Triphylite with Quartz (rare old classic)
Chandlers Mill Quarry, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
5.0 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $318
Erythrite
Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $232
superb Arfvedsonite on Microcline
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
9.7 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $651
Calcite
Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
6.4 x 5.5 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Schorl and Quartz (rare Korean locale)
Yongwol, Gangwon Province, South Korea
6.3 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Calcite (unusual form!)
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
11.1 x 3.6 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Stilbite on Drusy Quartz
Nashik, Maharashtra, India
8.4 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Chabazite with Stellerite
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
7.2 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $530
Prehnite (rare locale)
Mullah Yusef, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
9.0 x 6.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Malachite - unusual locality
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
8.5 x 7.7 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz
El Hammam Mine, El Hammam, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khemisset Cercle, Khemisset Province, Morocco
9.7 x 5.9 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $391
Tremolite in Talc
Mt Tora-Tigga, Ganadao, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
9.8 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Scheelite and Quartz
Pari, Kharmang District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
12.1 x 9.3 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $312
Quartz var. Smoky on Albite
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.1 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Fluorite and Quartz - unusual locality
Velke Mezirici, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
7.6 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite with Baryte
Riemvasmaak, South Africa
6.5 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Quartz var. Smoky
Giuv Valley, Tujetsch, Grisons, Switzerland
8.8 x 5.9 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
7.4 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $877
Adularia with Chlorite coating
Notklamm, Untersulzbach Valley, Neukirchen am Grossvenediger, Salzburg, Austria
8.4 x 5.5 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Hematite
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
8.1 x 4.9 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $481
Beryl var. Aquamarine and Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.9 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,401
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi, Bolivia
15.3 x 7.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $950