Kurt Hefendehl Collection Auction!

We are pleased to offer a selection of classic mineral specimens from the collection of one of the great mineral collectors in Germany from the last nearly 70 years. Kurt Hefendehl was a well-known German collector 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 collection.

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Calcite var. Cuprian (rare 1990s find!)
Shuikoushan Mine, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
17.8 x 10.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,250
Apophyllite on Calcite
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.6 x 9.7 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Apatite with Muscovite and Albite
Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.6 x 7.1 x 7.4 cm
Winning Bid: $347
large Plattnerite with Calcite and Hemimorphite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Mun., Durango, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.1 x 9.4 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Calcite with Hematite inclusions (1990s)
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.4 x10.6 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $375
Galena on Marcasite with Dolomite (classic USA find)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.8 x 11.5 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Creedite
8th level, San Antonio Mine, Aquiles Serdán Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.7 x 7.6 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $154
Malachite with Goethite
Gumeschewskoy, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.6 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Arsenopyrite
Nandan, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 6.6 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $84
Calcite
El Hammam, Khémisset Prov., Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Reg., Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.6 x 6.4 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Descloizite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 7.7 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $362
Calcite with Stibnite (famous pocket)
Xianhuangkuang Mine, Wuyu, Nandan Co., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
14.5 x 12.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $441
Microcline and Albite with Smoky Quartz
Rumi Tucu Mine, Papachacra, Belén Dept., Catamarca Prov., Argentina
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.7 x 10.3 x 9.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Calcite
West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
16.6 x 12.6 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Hubnerite with Quartz (classic 1970s find)
Pasto Bueno, Pampas Dist., Pallasca Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.6 x 11.2 x 9.2 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Malachite, Cerussite and Pyromorphite (1970s)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
15.9 x 8.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Calcite with Pyrite
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.1 x 8.6 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Calcite with Pyrite
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Almandine Garnet
Garnet Ledge, Wrangell City and Bourough, Alaska, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.9 x 6.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Stilbite with Apophyllite
Nashik Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
17.5 x 11.6 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Fluorite
Xinyang, Henan Prov., China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
16.2 x 13.6 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Calcite (twinned) on Quartz
Tonglushan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
14.4 x 12.2 x 11.2 cm
Winning Bid: $3,150
Calcite var. Manganoan (late 1980s style)
Pachapaqui, Aquia Dist., Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
15.9 x 13.6 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions
Auernig, Mallnitz, Spittal an der Drau Dist., Carinthia, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.3 x 11.3 x 11.1 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt Cercle, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
15.7 x 10.7 x 9.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Fluorite on Calcite with Quartz
San Martin Mine, Sabinas, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.6 x 10.1 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Fluorite in Quartz pocket
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.4 x 9.8 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $327
Fluorite (1990s style)
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.1 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Fluorite on Quartz with Chalcopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.2 x 6.9 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $305