20 Million Year Old Fossil Coral Pendant- Sterling Silver & Blue Topaz

This is a beautiful polished pendant made from fossil coral that was collected from Sumatra, Indonesia. The polishing allows the beautiful, fossilized structure of the coral heads to easily be seen. The setting has been created using .925 sterling silver. There is a faceted blue topaz gem at the bottom of the pendant.

The entire pendant including the cabochon, sterling silver wrap and bail, measures 1.95" long.

This coral fossil is approximately 20 million years old and are the remains of ancient reefs thrust up into the mountains by the collisions of tectonic plates. As these corals fossilized the original organic material was replaced by silica, iron, manganese and other minerals.