Post: Post Reply: Re: Fossil Coral - The New Stuff

Original Message: Re: Fossil Coral - The New Stuff - Details

In these two photographs, we can see close-up images of four small rectangular tabular beads, and one round tabular. This shows the variety of color combinations and the dispersion of the polyp patterns in the material being used.
I can only assume the stone is immersed in an iron-rich solution, and then heated until it takes on a variegated red coloration. Unlike dying, this treatment (in copying nature) is permanent.
I will be the first to say this material is very attractive—but I think people deserve to know the facts, and to not be sold this stuff as though it were "natural."
JDA.
Copyright 2026
All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

Original Message: Re: Fossil Coral - The New Stuff - Details
In these two photographs, we can see close-up images of four small rectangular tabular beads, and one round tabular. This shows the variety of color combinations and the dispersion of the polyp patterns in the material being used. I can only assume the stone is immersed in an iron-rich solution, and then heated until it takes on a variegated red coloration. Unlike dying, this treatment (in copying nature) is permanent. I will be the first to say this material is very attractive—but I think people deserve to know the facts, and to not be sold this stuff as though it were "natural." JDA. Copyright 2026 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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