Ex Collection - 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!

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Vanadinite on Goethite
Taouz Caidat, Er-Rissani, Errachidia, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $757
Epididymite on Arfvedsonite, Aegerine
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.3 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Biotite on and in Calcite
Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 6.4 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Quartz var. Amethyst on Calcite in geode
Bombori, Chayanta Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.6 x 10.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $352
Vanadinite on Baryte
Mibladen mining dist., Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.7 x 8.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Calcite in Clam Shell
Rucks' Pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee Co., Florida, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.4 x 7.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $376
Childrenite
Poco d'Antas claim, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.4 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Rutile and Hematite
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 6.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Fluorite with phantoms (1990s)
Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
19.0 x 12.6 x 9.0 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Goethite
Smoky Hawk claim, Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.2 x 5.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Calcite on Calcite stalactite
El Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $367
Baryte on Quartz
Jinkouhe Dist., Leshan, Sichuan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.0 x 7.9 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Orpiment on Pyrite
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca Dist., Santiago de Chuco Prov., La Libertad, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.5 x 8.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Fluorite on Fluorite
Sanming, Fujian, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.7 x 9.6 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Hedenbergite with Fluorapatite
Cantley, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Quartz "flower" with Baryte
Jinkouhe Dist., Leshan, Sichuan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
15.2 x 11.0 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $492
Sphalerite and Quartz
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.0 x 8.6 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Quartz ps. Anhydrite with Quartz
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.5 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Quartz with Hematite
M'Ssici, Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.6 x 8.8 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Quartz on Quartz
Illiez Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.0 x 6.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $256
Malachite
Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $388
Stibnite with Gypsum
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica Dept., Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.5 x 6.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $635
Vanadinite on Pyrolusite with Calcite
Taouz Caidat, Er-Rissani, Errachidia, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Baryte
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
15.5 x 10.0 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $416
Siderite and Albite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.0 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Gaspeite
132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.0 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Elbaite with Herderite
Xanda Mine, Virgem De Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.3 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $2,120
Cobalt-bearing Talmessite
Aghbar Mine, Zagora Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.9 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $610
large Stibnite
Lushi, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia Pref., Henan Prov., China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
15.6 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $3,539