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Coral is one of the most ancient of gems and is an organic gemstone and is mostly found in Mediterranean or in Asia off pacific Taiwan or Japan.

Today environmentally sound methods are used to harvest coral and the old days of pulling out fragile coral plants are over as harvesters now look after natural ocean fields to do repeat harvests. Metaphysically speaking, the benefits of these Corals include the ability to permit flow and transformation in one’s life and to quiet the emotions.

Fossil coral

Indonesia is renowned the world over for its fossil coral gemstones with beautiful natural patterns. These are not coral harvested from the seas but are actually found in high mountains

This is due to Indonesia s history of massive earth quakes and volcanoes so that coral along the beach were force dup high into mountains after massive earthquakes which still happen today in this island country of over 7,800 islands and many are extinct volcanoes.

The colour tones on these fossils are generally neutral with brown hues and very stable

Also there is sponge coral form Indonesia which is very strong red colour and is not dyed but it is treated with resin to stabilize it as it porous

Bamboo is often sold as red coral but it is land plant that is easily dyed red colour

Natural red coral is rare and is known as Corallium Rubrum and is found in caves or dark places in the Mediterranean or western pacific ocean from Taiwan ,japan to Indonesia.

It has a hard skeletal structure and can be easily polished and has been since ancient times from ancient Egyptian or European times.

Coral branches are now harvested at depth of 300 plus more meter in strong currents and this is one reason it has not been exhausted as it is difficult to go to these depths and work harvesting