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I have many smaller pieces but never seen one this large or in red. Alot more red in person. Anyone know what this would be and the correct name? Undocumented origin Unfortunately.. Thanks

I found this in Glen Rose Texas, Summerville county, in the country in a creek bed. I was wondering what determines how this one is red? I have a lot of red rocks and fossils .

I wish I could recall for sure where I found this. Most of my collection is from tide pools and coves on the West coast of the US but it could possibly be from Zion National Park in Utah, Kern River in CA, or a number of other places but those listed are most likely. It’s porous, lighter and slightly warmer than stone. The dark red areas are striated and softer than the rest. It does resemble some photos I’ve seen of agatized red horn coral, but I’m not sure. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.

Hi I hope this is OK to post here as I have seen others asking about other fossils which aren’t exactly in their original form... I picked this ring up at a thrift store because the color just screamed coral to me... I thought it may have just been a costume piece but apparently it is most likely an antique. I polished it up and I am now fairly certain it could be red coral. It is hard for me to get a really good close up pic since I only have an iPad but if anyone has any tips on IDing coral that doesn’t involve sticking any acid on it since it is possibly a valuable antique. I have a little 15x lens and up close the “banding” actually looks more like finger prints or light layers..which is what the other photos of coral cabocons seem to have. I posted it in an antique jewelry group but no one was knowledgeable about coral...the best guesses they has was agate or glass (defiantly NOT glass)..so I thought I would ask the best fossil identifiers in the world.. thanks you! I will post the original and polished photos.

Needing some id on this please, It looks much like red coral but is is so small 5mm round with a dark embedded line that runs around and meets with a seed like hole in centre at top like it came of a vine or something. When look through loupe it has tiny lines running around outsides of the line, help please Found on beach.