Coral has been called the “garden of the sea”.

Other Names-: Moonga (Indian Name), Rosso, Munga, Bhauma-Ratna, Gems of Mars, Vidruma,Abdhijantu, Being of the ocean.

Origin-: Coral is explained in Greek mythology by the story of Perseus.

Colour\ Varieties-: White, Pink, Red, orange, Blue to violet, Golden, Brown and Black.

Type of Coral-:

Calcareous Coral: Carbonate type (white, pink, red and orange) display a distinctive pattern of parallel strips of slightly different colour and transparency.

Conchiolin Coral: Horny types (black, blue, golden and brown) display concentric structure about the axis of the original branch.

Hardness-: 3 with the trigonal crystal structure.

Zodiac Sign-: Pisces (red or pink), scorpio (red), black (capricorn) and pink(taurus).

Birthstone-: October.

Transparency-: Semi-translucent to opaque.

Lustre-: Waxy to Vitreous.

Occurrence-: Mediterranean Sea or in the Pacific off Japan and Taiwan, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Italy, France, India, Corsica,Sardinian, Tunisia and China.

Metaphysical Properties-:

• Coral represents diplomacy and concurrence.
• It quiets the emotion and brings peace to within the self.
• Facilitates intuition, imagination and visualisation and expedities and accelerates the transfer of knowledge.
• Coral strengthens the circulatory system and bones of the body.
• It stimulates the tissue regeneration and nourishes the blood cells.
• Treats disorders of the spinal canal and the alimentary canal and The nervous system and the thalamus.
• Red Coral stimulates the energetic pursuit of predetermined goals.
• It protects from depression and despondency and aids in the release of impurities from the muscular system.
• Red Coral treats disorders of the kidney bladder and the parathyroid. treats hiccups, colic and heart burn.

Treatment-: Colored impregnation (dyeing): light colors  to deep colors, bleaching (all colors), coating, colorless, impregnation and molding.

Care and Cleaning-: Coral Gems are both soft and porous and hence they should only be wiped clean with moist cloth.

Avoid chemicals, cosmetics and ultrasonic cleaners. Be careful about chemicals in hairspray, cosmetics or perfumes.