Chinese
Name:藍色海綿珊瑚
English Name:Blue Spongy Coral
Chemical Composition:mainly consists of Calcite (Calcium Carbonate)CaCO3
Crystal System:Amorphous, Organic Material
Hardness:~ 3.5 to 6
SG:~ 2.65
RI:1.49 - 1.66
Related Chakra:Throat
Locality:Indo-pacific region
Colour: Blue
Remarks:Coral is secreted by animals called coral polyps. Since the appearance of the coral looks like spongy, thus it call "spongy coral"
Coral is the supporting structure for the body of the polyp, which lives in a rigid skeleton or 'cup'.
Some colonial corals build structures known as reefs, which are the accumulated supporting structures of successive generations of polyps.
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