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The Ringstead Coral Bed (also sometimes in the plural) is a geological formation with fossilized coral in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The beds are exposed at Ringstead Bay in Dorset , on the Jurassic Coast , hence the name.
Liuyang people specially created two commemorative chrysanthemum stone carvings dedicated to the Hong Kong and MSAR governments. Because the formation of chrysanthemum stone requires specific physical and chemical conditions, and time, the number of chrysanthemum stone is very small in nature and rare in the world, so the related industry of ...
Coral calcium is a salt of calcium derived from fossilized coral reefs (primarily from limestone and coastal deposits). It has been promoted as an alternative, but unsubstantiated, treatment or cure for a number of health conditions.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Lyme Regis, Dorset. Mary Anning [1] was born in Lyme Regis in Dorset, England, on 21 May 1799. [2] Her father, Richard Anning (c. 1766–1810), was a cabinetmaker and carpenter who supplemented his income by mining the coastal cliff-side fossil beds near the town, and selling his finds to tourists; her mother was Mary Moore (c. 1764–1842) known as Molly. [3]
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton.The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mouth is fringed with tentacles.
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