EL CORAL - Properties and colors

Welcome to the post nº3 of El Coral blog, in which we will talk about coral.

Coral, corallo in Italian, is considered the jewel of the seas; from Ancient Ages it has been used to fill necklaces, bracelets and rings. Also it has been utilised in crowns, armours and weapons, and not always with an aesthetic purpose, but esoteric too. There is a general belief that red coral, the most famous and commercial of the world, is a protection and good luck bearer. So it doesn’t look so ridiculous having a coral piece into your heavy armour when you go to the battle, what wrong could happen calling the luck?
But what is coral actually? It is easy to confuse with a plant because of its appearance, and when someone talks about coral reefs you may can think about sea forests. But coral is not a plant, is an animal.

In fact, it is a group of multicellular and individual organisms named polyps. They usually grow on top of each other creating a colony which is called coral. This term comprehends thousands of species, each one with its own characteristics and peculiarities, but there are two big factions: hard and soft.
Hard coral is the one with calcareous skeleton; when polyp dies it leaves their rests that will be a basis for new polyps in future, these are which constitute the reefs.
Soft coral, however, is made by a skeleton that become disintegrated when die, so it doesn’t be a part of the reefs.
In our shop you can find red corals from Mediterranean sea and white ones from Pacific Ocean, both are included into hard coral category. This has been always the most wanted because is the one which works best and the most attractive. Finally, another datum, do you know that coral has many colours?

They can be red, pink, orange, yellow, white, blue, violet, green, brown and black.
Well this is it, now if you talk about coral, you will can do it informed.
We wait for you on our next post and don’t forget to have a look to our jewels.