Fossil Coral (matched pair)

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Indonesia produces some of the finest, and most well-preserved Coral fossil stones you'll find. I've been told that the coral reefs along these highly volcanic islands were preserved when they were covered by volcanic sediments from eruptions long ago. The island of Sumatra has incredible deposits of rare and ornate suite of fossils from approximately 20 million years ago during the Miocene Age. These processes amazingly captured the full pattern and character of the original coral life forms have been preserved in great detail. Here we have a wonderful matched pair of stones with "Rectangle Cabochon" cuts with beige and red hues. A superb set showing the beautiful patterns of the Coral (I'm told it's actually Sponge Coral) now preserved in volcanic sediments.