Cornetite and Malachite

$2,850.00

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This quality has not been produced since the 1990s when Gilbert Gauthier brought out a shocking, fantastic pocket of what we considered at the time to be the world's best cornetite for obvious reasons - it was sparkling and beautiful with intense color saturation that is hard to convey in a mere photo! Gilbert was a French and English-speaking Belgian exploration geologist who used to help open uranium mines; and we joked that the radiation only seemed to make him stronger and tougher in his old age (he said he slept over flats of uranium ores). He had incredible sources and access to the DR Congo in the 1980s-1990s, and had so many new finds, among them these specimens. They have a sparkle that is hard to convey, but much stronger in sunlight or LED than it is in room lighting or halogens. These leap out of a well-lit showcase with decent lighting, and have a special blue color to them.