Fluorite & Quartz

Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
Small Cabinet, 6.8 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm
Start Time: 06/27/2024 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/06/2024 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $95

Item Description

Three, frosty mint-green fluorite cuboctahedrons, to 3.1 cm wide, are aesthetically set on one side of the sculptural, 360-degree, intergrown cluster of terminated milky quartz crystals.The fluorites are actually quite gemmy. The cube faces are glass-clear into the interiors with the adjacent densely stepped-growth octahedral faces. Purple LW UV fluorite fluorescence. Ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection, from the 1990s finds here. He was a well-known German collector who amassed a world-wide collection of over 6000 pieces. This is an uncommonly colored and excellent fluorite combination from the area, as many of the fluorites from this area are purple.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$95 07/06/2024 6:25:49 pm (CDT)
$85 07/06/2024 6:25:49 pm (CDT)
$75 07/06/2024 6:09:49 pm (CDT)
$65 07/05/2024 3:18:14 am (CDT)
$63 07/05/2024 3:18:14 am (CDT)
$53 07/04/2024 6:21:08 pm (CDT)
$45 07/04/2024 6:21:08 pm (CDT)
$38 07/04/2024 5:22:48 pm (CDT)
$33 07/04/2024 4:55:14 pm (CDT)
$30 07/04/2024 4:55:14 pm (CDT)
$20 06/30/2024 7:25:50 pm (CDT)
$15 * 06/30/2024 7:25:39 pm (CDT)
$15 * 06/30/2024 7:25:39 pm (CDT)
$10 06/27/2024 10:40:49 pm (CDT)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.