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.
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.
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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