Types of coral

※ We do not have any of the corals of the photo.
We cannot provide these materials.
They are what we dealt in the very past.

1. Precious coral - natural color coral which has been used for jewelry from past old times.

Usually for precious coral, darker the color, more expensive.

Price ranks as follows:

Japanese Aka (red coral):
Harvested at Kochi (Tosa), Wakayama, Ogasawara, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa.
Exist mainly around West Pacific Ocean.
Sea-depth 100-150 meters.








Mediterranean red coral:
Harvested at Mediterranean Sea: Sardinia, Corsica, Greece, North Africa.
Sea-depth 50-100 meters



Pink Momo coral (Angel skin coral):
Harvested at Okinawa, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, Ogasawara, Kochi.
Exist mainly around West Pacific Ocean.
Sea-depth 200-300 meters.



Momo coral (orange color coral with white core):
Harvested at Okinawa, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, Ogasawara, Kochi.
Exist mainly around West Pacific Ocean.
Sea-depth 200-300 meters.







Miss coral (South China Sea coral with angel skin color):
Exist around South China Sea.


                             

Deep sea coral (mix of pink, orange and white):
Harvested in huge amount by Japanese ships around 40-50 years ago at Hawaii and Midway Islands.
Exist around Central Pacific Ocean.
Sea-depth 800-1500 meters.
(Same for Garnet coral and Midway coral)






Deep sea coral (We call this Deep sea garnet coral):



Deep sea coral (We call this Midway coral):

                             

                             


White coral (Japanese white coral):
Harvested at Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kochi, Ogasawara.
Exist around oceans around Japan, Vietnam.







White coral (East China Sea white coral, Ivory color):
Harvested at East China Sea.




2. Sponge coral - Called Apple coral or African coral.
Scientific Name - Melithaea Ocracea
Harvested around South China Sea.
Exist around South China Sea, Philippine Sea, and oceans around Australia.
Sea-depth 50-80 meters.














3. Bamboo coral - Also called Sea bamboo.



Red and pink bamboo coral are colored.


I will add some more descriptions and add few more corals later when I have a time.
Thanks.


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