An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,601	An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 10, 2014 19:28:06 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Feb 10, 2014 19:28:06 GMT -5 www.indonesianfossilcoral.com/tech.html

Sabre52 Cave Dweller Me and my gal, Rosie Member since August 2005 Posts: 20,492	An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 10, 2014 19:55:04 GMT -5 kap likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sabre52 on Feb 10, 2014 19:55:04 GMT -5 Man that lavender fossil coral is cool!.....Mel
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beefjello no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2006 Posts: 8,731	An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 10, 2014 19:56:59 GMT -5 jamesp likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by beefjello on Feb 10, 2014 19:56:59 GMT -5 Man that purple coral looks out of this world!! Thanks for the article, gonna read it when I get the chance.
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panamark fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2012 Posts: 1,343	An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 10, 2014 21:33:52 GMT -5 jamesp likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by panamark on Feb 10, 2014 21:33:52 GMT -5 thanks for sharing that article. Neat.
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jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,601	An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 10, 2014 22:51:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Feb 10, 2014 22:51:33 GMT -5 Feb 10, 2014 19:55:04 GMT -5 Sabre52 said: Man that lavender fossil coral is cool!.....Mel Could that be palm Mel ? Or coral cut at an angle...The rough shape looks like coral.

pghram has started giving rock gifts Member since May 2009 Posts: 3,897	An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 10, 2014 23:04:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pghram on Feb 10, 2014 23:04:49 GMT -5 Wow, that color is incredible. Rich

Sabre52 Cave Dweller Me and my gal, Rosie Member since August 2005 Posts: 20,492	An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 11, 2014 8:07:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sabre52 on Feb 11, 2014 8:07:29 GMT -5 Looks like coral to me James but heck, you are the king of all coral so I'd bow to your knowledge on this one L.....Mel

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An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 11, 2014 8:56:07 GMT -5

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Post by jamesp on Feb 11, 2014 8:56:07 GMT -5

Feb 11, 2014 8:07:29 GMT -5 Sabre52 said:

Looks like coral to me James but heck, you are the king of all coral so I'd bow to your knowledge on this one *L*.....Mel

Looked close at it. You are right. Soft purple tones are common in my local coral. That color would be the mother load.

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An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 11, 2014 10:11:42 GMT -5

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Yup, I've never even seen that color in coral before. I do have one Indonesian slab with a little light purple but, I had a long talk with a dealer at a show one time and those red colored cabs with the really well defined polyps are from heat treated material....Mel

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An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 11, 2014 10:53:59 GMT -5

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Feb 11, 2014 10:11:42 GMT -5 Sabre52 said:

Yup, I've never even seen that color in coral before. I do have one Indonesian slab with a little light purple but, I had a long talk with a dealer at a show one time and those red colored cabs with the really well defined polyps are from heat treated material....Mel

Coral is not often colorful in the natural. It is a good one to heat treat since it changes colors so much.
Check out this large drab coral that changed color drastically to purplish color.
Looks like a piece of concrete w/a rust stain around it.

This is a piece of it tumbled. In natural sun light. What causes the purple ? Iron...?

Sabre52 Cave Dweller Me and my gal, Rosie Member since August 2005 Posts: 20,492	An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 11, 2014 16:36:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sabre52 on Feb 11, 2014 16:36:45 GMT -5 Wow! Fantastic color change. That one was definitely worth heat treating...Mel

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An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 17, 2014 23:56:40 GMT -5

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Post by jcinpc on Feb 17, 2014 23:56:40 GMT -5

the iron in the clay beds that surround these coral heads dictate the colors, here is one of only a few purple points I have seen, I got this one in Hernando county, I always liked to show this head that I took a spall off of and cooked it and put in back on the head to show the color change

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An article on harvesting Indonesian coral and palm Feb 18, 2014 1:15:08 GMT -5

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Post by jamesp on Feb 18, 2014 1:15:08 GMT -5

Fine heat treatment jc. That color coral changes to purple. It is not easy to find. The color is just off from many corals. That 'rusty' color sure looks like iron.
Indonesian coral turns similar colors too. What's w that ?

Nice point.