Small section of coral skeleton

corallite

ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
aragonite
overall: 1 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.

Corallite; Small section of coral skeleton; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); small section of a stony coral skeleton (known as corallite), possibly from young Elkhorn coral, made of aragonite (the crystal form of calcium carbonate).


2005.34.235

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