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    Precious coral, or red coral, is the common name given to a genus of marine corals, Corallium. The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is...
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    of the color coral are orange, red and pink representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals. The web color coral is a shade of...
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  • original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-12. Grigg, Richard W. (1993). "Precious Coral Fisheries of Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Islands" (PDF). Marine Fisheries...
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    Antipatharians, also known as black corals or thorn corals, are an order of soft deep-water corals. These corals can be recognized by their jet-black or...
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    Coral is a feminine given name derived from the precious coral used to make jewelry. The name is ultimately derived from the Greek word korallion and the...
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  • Look up Coral or coral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Coral is a type of marine animal. Coral may also refer to: Precious coral, a red or pink gem...
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    Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name coral is somewhat...
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    Atoll (redirect from Coral atoll)
    -ˈtoʊl/) is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in...
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  • Sea and the Indian Ocean. The coral referred to in the Bible is the precious coral (Corallium rubrum), the formation of which is a calcareous secretion...
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    habitat of deep-water corals, also known as cold-water corals, extends to deeper, darker parts of the oceans than tropical corals, ranging from near the...
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    usually considered a French diminutive of the name Coral, which is derived from the name for the precious coral used to make jewelry. It was first used by French...
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    the precious red coral Corallium Rubrum (L. 1758) in the Mediterranean Sea". Conference: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Red Coral Science...
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    color, size, and quality of the coral. The most common type that is sold is red coral, considered the most precious of all types and sometimes thought...
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  • or golden-yellow color. The given name has a Czech-Slovak origin. Precious coral Coral (given name) Given name Coralie Given name Coraline (given name)...
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    List of types of amber Petrified wood Pearl Poly(methyl methacrylate) Precious coral In Latin the name succinum was unambiguously used for amber while electrum...
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    digestion. However, the term "coral" in coral sand is used loosely in this sense to mean limestone of recent biological origin; corals are not the dominant contributors...
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    known as precious corals, is a taxonomic family of soft corals belonging to the suborder Scleraxonia of the phylum Cnidaria. These sessile corals are one...
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    population depend in one way or another upon the coral reefs. Because so many people are dependent on such a precious ecosystem, environmental impacts are not...
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    Bhutia woman with precious coral headdress, agate Buddhist prayer beads, turquoise earrings and silk chuba before 1915 in Darjeeling...
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    unsustainable fishing. Always considered a precious mineral, "the Chinese have long associated red coral with auspiciousness and longevity because of...
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    Coral aquaculture, also known as coral farming or coral gardening, is the cultivation of corals for commercial purposes or coral reef restoration. Aquaculture...
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    "The depths of destruction / Dynamite fishing ravages Philippines' precious coral reefs". Archived from the original on November 6, 2014 Society of Philippine...
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    A portrait of de Kéroualle with a young Black girl presenting precious coral and pearls to her by Pierre Mignard...
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  • identification of precious corals in jewelry". Scientific Reports. "In 2020, Researchers discovered a new methodology using minute amounts of coral DNA material...
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    Hypselodoris picta, tasselled nudibranch, Flabellina affinis, precious coral, zigzag coral, purple sail, Mediterranean jellyfish, spiny spider crab, circular...
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    Philippines' precious coral reefs". Archived from the original on 2 August 2002. Retrieved 23 March 2020. "Photos Reveal Ship Damage to Coral Reef in Shark...
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    beaver used in perfumes and possibly in food flavoring) Civet oil Coral rock (Precious coral in particular is beloved for jewelry making) Donkey milk Egg oil...
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    is more clearly seen on the Bronze Head of Queen Idia. The depicted precious coral of the headdress and choker are in the form of cylindrical ileke ("royal")...
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    30). The depths of destruction. Dynamite fishing ravages Philippines' precious coral reefs. (archived from the original on 2011-05-24) Verheij E., Makoloweka...
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  • Coral dermatitis is a cutaneous condition caused by injury from the exoskeleton of certain corals.: 430  Skin lesion James, William D.; Berger, Timothy...
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