Small polyped stony coral skeleton

corallite

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

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


2005.34.241

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