Red coral is a name used to encompass multiple reddish colored corals. Used in the gem business, the colors of red coral range from pink and salmon to the now rarest color, a rich red, this color comes from carotenoid pigments.
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How to identify genuine red coral
2010-07-12 14:22:58
Red coral's history in relation to modern man has been for the past several thousand years, a commodity since the time of the ancients. Pliny the Elder wrote about the Indian and Mediterranean coral trade route. Egyptian jewelry with red coral has been found, and Roman folklore speaks of the protective metaphysical properties of red coral.
Red Coral is a large family of small groups. Now, China has more than 400 species of coral are recorded, but really only 26 kinds of red coral.
Red coral has the following characteristics: First, red coral is hard for carving bone; Second, the bright colors of red coral never fade; 3. chemical composition of red coral contains a high magnesium calcium carbonate. This with other colors of coral with red to distinguish, such as the common flat in the gorgonian, block Sheng are with the red coral.
Rare red coral grows in the deep expanse of ocean, often with the legendary mystery. Red coral is an important living marine resources, due to adopt over-fishing,red coral resources increasingly endangered.
Red corals grow about three feet tall, in a bush shape. They tend to grow in dark environments, in places with little sediment. The main corals defined as "red coral" are the species Corallium rubrum and Corallium japonicum, which do not form reefs.
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