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Metahewettite (very rare)
- Ambrosia Lake Mining Sub-district, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USA
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- Miniature, 4.0 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm, …
- Start Time: 02/01/2024 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/08/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $160
Item Description
Here we have a showy specimen of the very rare calcium vanadate species, Metahewettite from the Ambrosia Lake District in New Mexico. The species was discovered in 1914, and forms in uranium-vanadium sandstone deposits. Good matrix specimens are virtually impossible to find, and this piece is one of the best examples we've had to offer in recent memory. Fine quality, acicular, reddish-brown colored "needles" of Metahewettite have formed "tuft"-like groups are intermixed with colorless crystals of Gypsum on matrix. A MUST HAVE for any rarities collector or a fan of minerals of New Mexico.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#20 US), 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. His Black Forest and German subcollections went to his good friend Wolfgang Wendel. 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.
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Bidding History
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$160 | 02/08/2024 6:38:40 pm (CST) |
$150 | 02/08/2024 6:36:54 pm (CST) |
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$110 | 02/08/2024 6:25:40 pm (CST) |
$100 | 02/07/2024 11:23:22 pm (CST) |
$90 | 02/07/2024 11:23:22 pm (CST) |
$80 | 02/07/2024 11:23:06 pm (CST) |
$70 | 02/07/2024 11:23:06 pm (CST) |
$50 | 02/07/2024 11:22:55 pm (CST) |
$45 | 02/07/2024 11:22:55 pm (CST) |
$40 | 02/07/2024 11:22:47 pm (CST) |
$35 | 02/07/2024 11:22:47 pm (CST) |
$30 | 02/05/2024 2:55:29 am (CST) |
$25 | 02/05/2024 2:55:29 am (CST) |
$15 | 02/04/2024 8:28:10 am (CST) |
$10 | 02/01/2024 11:55:15 pm (CST) |