jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 5, 2013 20:48:12 GMT -5
How did you polish those? Great selection. Here in the south some collectors call coral with small 1mm corallite 'pin head' coral because the corallites are the size of a pin(like sewing pin). which is about 1mm. This coral often silicifies w/a very glassy agate. And the tubes are wavy. Most coral may have an arc in the tube but pinhead is wavy and random and makes no sense. It is about the most sought after by knapers too. Here is a well silicified piece of pinhead coral with faint corallites. Part of an 8 pound chunk  |
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Post by roy on Oct 5, 2013 21:43:38 GMT -5
wow those are kool i will check those out the next time i go to the coast to visit my uncle
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 10:35:58 GMT -5
Beautiful specimens. Thanks for showing.
Jim
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 6, 2013 10:55:35 GMT -5
Very cool corals! Nice job on polishing the faces. Shows the polyps/coralites well! A treat for the eyes!
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Post by Pat on Oct 6, 2013 13:06:11 GMT -5
Yep! Cool corals! I like both the tops and the tubes.
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Post by pghram on Oct 6, 2013 15:28:14 GMT -5
Great specimens, I really like the black & orange combo.
Rich
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 6, 2013 15:59:24 GMT -5
I do not think that i have found that corallite structure over here. It is quite repetitive. I am not sure why coral latin descrip uses hex because the structures are usually 5-10 sided. Those are repetitively 6 chambered.
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Post by deb193redux on Oct 6, 2013 16:01:25 GMT -5
I had not seen those before. Thanks.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 7, 2013 13:59:08 GMT -5
Great looking coral........Next time I'm around the Newport area,I'll be keeping my eyes pealed for this stuff...Took a nice polish too....
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Oct 7, 2013 14:15:02 GMT -5
very cool
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