Special Auction - The Kurt Hefendehl Collection

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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Stibnite (rare locality specimen)
Animón Mine, Huarón Dist., Huayllay Dist., Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.6 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Mimetite (excellent color and quality)
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.5 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Scheelite on Quartz (''floater'' specimen)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.1 x 5.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Forsterite var: Peridot (rare multi-crystal group)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Rutile included in Quartz
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $394
Baryte with Enargite (rare locality specimen)
Julcani Mine, Julcani Dist., Angaraes Prov., Huancavelica, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.1 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Fluorite (rich color)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.1 x 7.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $399
Fluorapatite with ''Byssolite'' inclusions on Albite
Shalman Valley, near the Khyber Pass, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.6 x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Copper with Cuprite
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.2 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $246
Hureaulite (rare and fine)
Jocao Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Azurite with Malachite
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.6 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Fluorite coating Quartz (RARE for the locality)
Level 480, Peregrina Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.6 x 5.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Fluorite
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.7 x 8.3 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Pectolite (large crystals)
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.0 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Babingtonite with Prehnite on Quartz
Babingtonite Occurrences, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.7 x 7.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Apophyllite with Pectolite (RARE locality specimen)
Talnakh Deposit, Norilsk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.0 x 6.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Aurichalcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.1 x 8.1 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Fluorite
Wuxi, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Gypsum var: Selenite with Quartz ''casts'' after Anhydrite
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.8 x 8.1 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Quartz (doubly-terminated ''Fenster'' crystal) on matrix
San Lino Open Pit, Prado, Aurora vein, Caravia Mining Area, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.1 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Hemimorphite with Hematite ''Phantoms''
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $422
Spinel (large crystal)
Kukh-i-Lal, Pyandzh River Valley, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.8 x 7.1 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Calcite on Siderite on Calcite (highly aesthetic specimen)
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.7 x 9.8 x 9.3 cm
Winning Bid: $776
Celestine (fine quality)
Beineu-Kyr, Tuarkyr Mountains, Geok Tepe, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $248
Fluorite (intense colors)
Weisseck area, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.3 x 9.6 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Fluorapatite on Quartz
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $416
Creedite on Fluorite and Quartz
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.9 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Fluorapatite on Stilbite
Anemzi, Agoudim, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $395
Mimetite (RARE locality specimen)
Taouz Caïdat, Er-Rissani Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $356
Hemimorphite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.1 x 6.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,560