Precious coral

Precious coral or red coral is the common name given to Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral. The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink skeleton, which is used for making jewelry.

Habitat

Red corals grow on rocky seabottom with low sedimentation, typically in dark environments—either in the depths or in dark caverns or crevices. The original species, C. rubrum (formerly Gorgonia nobilis), is found mainly in the Mediterranean Sea. It grows at depths from 10 to 300 meters below sea level, although the shallower of these habitats have been largely depleted by harvesting. In the underwater caves of Alghero, Sardinia (the "Coral Riviera") it grows at depth from 4 to 35 meters. The same species is also found at Atlantic sites near the Strait of Gibraltar, at the Cape Verde Islands and off the coast of Southern Portugal. Other Corallium species are native to the western Pacific, notably around Japan (Corallium japonicum) and Taiwan; these occur at depths of 350 to 1500 meters below sea level in areas with strong currents.

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... the “rattle” on their tails, are the most common rattlesnake in Texas and are most active at night.Coral snakes, known by their red, yellow and black stripes, have red touching yellow on their bodies.
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Red coral colonies survive a decade after being transplanted in the Medes Islands

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The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have ...
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Taiwanese win at photo competition

Taipei Times 19 Mar 2025
Wang Wei-chih (王威智) topped the WPA Best Photography for Ecology category with a photo he took in 2022 of a diver swimming against a backdrop of undersea rock formations, with red coral in the foreground.
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) Red coral colonies survive a decade after being transplanted in the Medes Islands ... The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully.
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A red shade can never go out of style ... Go glam with Maybelline SuperStay Vinyl Ink in Sweet n Sour, a vibrant coral-red shade with a glossy, vinyl-like shine.
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New Mexico jeweler Althea Cajero featured in PBS documentary 'America Made With Love'

Albuquerque Journal 15 Mar 2025
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