{"id":24875,"date":"2021-08-02T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platearjewels.com\/?p=24875"},"modified":"2022-09-06T08:58:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:58:40","slug":"sponge-coral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/sponge-coral\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponge Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/platearjewels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sponge-Coral-Stone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sponge-Coral-Stone.jpg 660w, https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sponge-Coral-Stone-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sponge-Coral-Stone-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sponge-Coral-Stone-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sponge coral<\/strong> is an organism that lives in the sea, It has been called the <strong>\u2018garden of the sea\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Color<\/u><\/strong>-: Strong orangey red, pink, white, blue, yellow and black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Streaks<\/u><\/strong>-: Yellow or brownish in red and grey in blue sponge coral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Hardness<\/u><\/strong>-: 3.5 on the Mohs scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Zodiac Sign<\/u><\/strong>-: Aries, Taurus, Libra (ancient).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Birthstone<\/u><\/strong>-: January, April, October, November (Ancient).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Occurrence<\/u><\/strong>-: Mediterranean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean near Japan and Taiwan, off the coast of Australia, the South Pacific, and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Metaphysical Properties<\/u><\/strong>-:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Good aid for meditation or visualization.<\/li><li>Symbolizes life and blood force energy.<\/li><li>Dark red coral is used for heating and stimulating the bloodstream.<\/li><li>Pink shades restore harmony to the heart.<\/li><li>It is used as an aid to depression, lethargy or deficient nutrition.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Care &amp; Handling<\/u><\/strong>-:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Due to its softness and its porous nature, never let vinegar or any other alkaline cleaner touch your coral since they attack the surface (calcium carbonate).<\/li><li>It may be washed regularly with light soapy water.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Note<\/u><\/strong>-: Some sponge coral also has to be dyed to enhance the natural color. Natural, untreated sponge coral is always rough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponge coral is an organism that lives in the sea, It has been called the \u2018garden of the sea\u2019. Color-: Strong orangey red, pink, white, blue, yellow and black. Streaks-: Yellow or brownish in red and grey in blue sponge coral. Hardness-: 3.5 on the Mohs scale. Zodiac Sign-: Aries,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24976,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875\/revisions\/24976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}