Echoes of the deep: silicified coral

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Locality: El Pont de Suert, Spain

No.: 20242

Size: 15 x 8 x 4 cm

Description: Siliciified coral, a type of fossilized coral, preserves intricate coral structure by replacing the calcium carbonate skeleton with silica. This sample contains fossilized coral colonies from ancient marine environments. By slowly permeating the porous coral structure, silica-rich fluids replace the mineral components. Silcified coral suggests this sample came from a marine environment that supported coral growth and fossilization.

Essential minerals: Silica (SiO2), remnants of original coral minerals (i.e., calcite/aragonite).

Website: http://geology.uaic.ro/muzee/mineralogie/

Concept & 3D-modelling by Andrei Ionut APOPEI