Large Fossilized Coral Pair with Quartz Chalcedony

A dark and dreamy Fossilized Coral pair from Tampa Bay, Florida. White and gray clouds of Chalcedony crystals contrast perfectly with the darker Quartz banding lining this incredible crystal and fossil combination. The impressive size and quality of this fossil pair is truly outstanding. Typically, with fossils from this locale, sections of the coral fracture or break away during the cutting and polishing process, making large pairs of this quality rare.

Dated at approximately 20 to 40 million years old, this variety of coral lived during the Eocene to Miocene Period. Empty voids within the coral were naturally replaced with silica-rich mineralization in the form of botryoidal Chalcedony and Quartz. Fossilized coral like this specimen was once part of the ancient coastline of Florida. This fossil was collected pre-1960 in Tampa Bay.

The fossil was cut and polished down the center, with the exterior left in its raw and natural state to show off the natural growth structure of this variety of colonial coral. You can even see a few rainbow-colored clam shell fossils which embedded into the voids on the back of the specimen where the coral polyps once lived.

Dimensions of Each Single Side: Approx. 8" H x 5" W x 3" Deep

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