Bold and Beautiful: The Charm of Red Coral Adornments

The genus of marine corals known as Corallium are commonly called red corals or precious corals. This gem is an organic material found in the ocean, and technically speaking, it cannot be classified as a gemstone. We bet you won’t allow your favorite piece of red coral jewelry to sit for long in your jewelry box, as this stone differs from most of the minerals obtained from rock formations. How? Well, red corals are a byproduct of marine polyps. Marine polyps live in both shallow and deep waters and continuously secrete substances to form a hard exterior skeleton to protect themselves. Over a period of time, the vast network of interlocking skeletons formed through the exoskeletons of these marine polyps forms coral reefs. The skeleton remains intact even after these marine polyps die, and these beautiful skeletal remains are harvested to be cut into red coral gems.