Fossilized coral
corallite
ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENSaragonite
overall: 2-3/4 x 1-1/2 x 1/2 in.
Corallite; Fossilized coral; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); section of fossilized coral, undetermined species, made of aragonite (crystal form of calcium carbonate).
2005.34.242