Bill Gangi also had some very nice black coral on display -- properly
described. Maybe that's close to the sea bamboo.
I wouldn't know what to do with it, but the red coral spoke to me. Cold in
the hand rather than warm as is plastic.
PW

"silverstall" wrote in message
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I'm sure that Paul's is real coral however i agree with Peter that
currently there is simply 'too' much 'red coral' junk jewellery on the
market for it all to be real. The sea bamboo i suspect maybe another
term for the red mangrove plant that thrives on south asian coastlines.