E296 google called zooxanthellae

called zooxanthellae

5" wide x  1" deep

The plaster fragments are hand cast from 18th century molds

hence the name pyrophyllite from the Greek pyros (fire)

Size: 11" wide x 7" deep x 10" high

E296 google called zooxanthellaeAgatized fossil coral. As Florida's state stone, Agatized Coral is the product of a 20 30 million year process through which the coral evolved from the skeleton of tiny ocean animals. As the silica in the ocean water hardens, it replaces the limy corals with a form of quartz known as chalcedony. Living corals are composed of individual polyp animals which harbor symbiotic algae, called zooxanthellae, within their tissues giving them a variety of