Horn Coral

Horn CoralHorn Coral is a fossil from the extinct order of corals call Rugosa. They grow in a long cone shape like a bulls horn. The fossil is the skeleton of the coral animal or polyp and lived at the top of the cone. The oldest of the Rugosa corals are found in rocks from the Ordovician Period. However, as a group they flourished until they became extinct in the Great Permian Extinction. The cabochon is approximately 1 1 2 inch by 1 1 4 inch. Crown depth is 1

The fossil is the skeleton of the coral animal or polyp and lived at the top of the cone

Finished with Liquid Glass

During hydrothermal metamorphism

An extinct genus of palm found around the world

Photograph is 16 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches on a 22 x 28 mat board

The stone is 1 1/4 inch x 7/8 inch

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as a group they flourished until they became extinct in the Great Permian Extinction

The bone is 1 5/8 inch x 5/8 inch

It is a minor ore of copper

Photograph is 9 5/8 x 15 inches on a 16 x 20 mat board in portrait presentation

brown or green in color