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Show What Red Coral Is. The red coral that 1- used for necklaces neck-laces is a horny uxIb which supports a number of soft bodied, coral like animals, ani-mals, or polyps, tho cntiro structure bearing n strong resemblance to a jmnll shrub. Tho nsheimen, utter thoy havo brought this sli-uli llko col. ony to tho surface, clean tho soft animal ani-mal mattor nwa), preseivlng tho red core, or axis, which Is sold as Jewelry Although red coral contains somo lime It Is largely competed of a suhstanco akin to horn, and, llko horn, It takes a fine polish Horn, wool, audNither animal substances of this nature almost al-most Invariably change their color when brought Into Intenfo heat St Nicholas Magazine |