Fossil coral

Fossil Coral Uses : Courage, Strength, Healing, Longevity, Love, Protection, Happiness, Confidence, Success, Fertility, Transformation, Grounding

Fossil coral, or rather mineralogically "Agate Coral" (in Czech, there is no exact equivalent of the English "Agatized Coral") is a stone that has been and is still worn by people for many centuries. In many countries, it is still used as a protection against the "evil eye". Fossil coral is known to be a stone that brings good luck , so it is very popular as a piece of jewelry for people to keep around. It is also often used as a raw stone to bring happiness to an apartment or house. Sailors still use fossil coral as a talisman against bad weather. This, without exaggeration, beautiful stone is created when silica hardens ("achatizes") in ocean water and replaces limestone corals with some form of quartz mineral such as agate or various chalcedony . This long process of gradual petrification - 20 to 30 million years leads to the formation when one mineral replaced the original mineral without losing its original shape. Corals are of animal origin, and it is precisely the bodies of these animals that lived millions of years ago that now create beautiful patterns of "flowers or stars" in fossil corals.

Achatized fossil corals can show a wide range of natural colors , from white and pink, through brown, gray, black, yellow, to orange and red. The color of these corals can vary widely within a single stone, depending on weathering, degree of oxidation and original mineral content. Because of the beauty of this stone, even in 1979 the US state of Florida decided that the fossil coral would become its official state stone .

Metaphysical properties of fossil coral

Fossil coral is a very affectionate semi-precious stone . It shows us how the power of love can transform our lives. It teaches us to have the strength to love other people, to find the courage to go through life with an open heart and to give love and joy through the action of this fine crystal. Agate coral can ease irritability and help you empathize better with other people's feelings. Because fossil coral is almost agate, it carries all the properties of agate , which gives us emotional, physical and mental balance, supports self-confidence and helps self-knowledge. Agate is a strong protective stone, especially suitable for protecting small children from falls. However, fossil coral adds to these properties and effects other properties that are typical of fossils - it can above all help you achieve excellent results in your personal and professional life. It is also a very useful stone for promoting inner peace and warding off gnawing negative thoughts. You can use it to deal with negativity in your past, as well as use it to evoke pleasant memories from your past lives.
Fossil coral, when used as a polished stone or cabochon in jewelry, can help with emotional cleansing as well as cleansing - detoxifying the entire organism. It is also an excellent stone for traveling , very effectively protecting its wearer in or near water.

Fossil coral is assigned to the planet Mercury.

Medicinal use of fossil coral

Fossil coral has been believed for thousands of years to be a powerful healing stone . It is said to support the body's ability to absorb necessary nutrients and help with good digestion. Like most fossils, fossil coral promotes longevity and life energy , while like agate, it has numerous healing powers , where healing tradition says that agates can prevent snake bites, bee stings, and insect bites. It was also formerly used to relieve thirst and reduce fever. Fossil coral has a strong positive effect on the various functions of your body , bringing it into harmony and improving your overall health. Fossil coral is also associated with positive effects on the female reproductive system and has long been used for successful conception as well as alleviating women's health issues. Fossil coral harmonizes and recharges the root chakra .

For fossil coral, it is not without interest that deposits of this coral are commercially mined not only for the production of jewelry, but mainly because of their high content of calcium, potassium, magnesium and sodium. It is because of these minerals that fossil corals are often used to make medicines and food supplements . Raw fossil corals are also used for industrial water purification filters because they can remove chemical impurities in water such as chlorine and formaldehyde.

Mineralogical properties of fossil coral

Fossil coral formed during a millions-year-long replacement process in which the original calcium carbonate (coral) was replaced by silica (SiO2; silicon dioxide). This unique preservation process can result in different concentrations of minerals in fossil coral stones. Silica can range from pale amorphous to an opal dense form of chalcedony . Some specimens of fossil coral can be mistaken for other types of agate, such as moss agate or dendritic agate , but generally the pattern and color of fossil coral is quite different. Almost all fossil coral deposits are found in either Indonesia or the United States (Florida and Georgia). However, only Indonesian petrified coral is considered the most desirable and unique forjewelry making.

The density and color of fossil corals can change depending on the specific chemical replacement of limestone with silica, manganese, iron or various other minerals. The crystal structure of these corals is hexagonal, forming hexagonal prisms with a hardness of 6.5 – 7 on the Mohs hardness scale. The color is mostly gray ; but you can also find samples of almost all colors, exceptionally multi-colored and patterned fossil coral is also found.

Jewelry with fossil coral does not need any special care.