在深不見底的海底，經(jīng)過億萬年的變化，有一種美麗的東西在閃爍著光芒，這就是珊瑚化石。
At the bottom of the sea, after hundreds of millions of years of changes, there is a beautiful thing shining, this is the coral fossil.
珊瑚化石，俗稱石柱子、珊瑚玉，是由于單體珊瑚的外層細胞，具有分泌石灰質(zhì)外骨骼能力，石灰質(zhì)包裹住軟體部分，形成了珊瑚的外壁。常見的珊瑚化石有單體和復(fù)體兩大類型。
Coral fossils, commonly known as stone pillars and coralline jade, are the outer cells of single coral, which have the ability to secrete calcareous exoskeleton. The calcareous material envelops the soft part and forms the outer wall of coral. There are two types of common Coral fossils: single and complex.
單體珊瑚的骸體，從幾毫米到幾十厘米，通常有體壁圍繞，表面飾有粗細不等的皺紋，但在進化程度比較高級的珊瑚中，體壁退化。復(fù)體珊瑚呈致密的塊狀體，或細弱的叢枝狀，由許多細小的珊瑚個體組成，有的從母體的軸部或側(cè)方分芽而出，有的通過珊瑚體壁上的孔或管，或各珊瑚單體之間的共骨組織或間隙管相互貫聯(lián)。
The skeleton of a single coral, ranging from a few millimeters to tens of centimeters, is usually surrounded by body walls, with wrinkles of varying thickness on the surface, but in the more advanced coral, the body walls degenerate. Complex corals are dense massive bodies or weak clumps and branches, which are composed of many small coral individuals. Some of them are sprouted from the axis or side of the mother body, some of them are connected with each other through the holes or tubes on the coral body wall, or the common bone tissue or interstitial tubes between the individual corals.
珊瑚骸體的骨架由無數(shù)細微的，方解石質(zhì)或文石質(zhì)的羽針、羽簇或羽榍組成。
The skeleton of the coral body is composed of countless fine, calcite or aragonite feather needles, feather clusters or feathers.
縱列骨骼單元主要包括刺狀或脊?fàn)畹母舯诩够蚋舯诖毯桶鍫畹母舯冢笳唛L短相間，呈兩側(cè)對稱或輻射對稱排列。橫貫珊瑚骨腔分布的板狀體稱床板或橫板，是橫列骨骼單元的主要組成部分。在有些珊瑚體的邊緣還出現(xiàn)小型魚鱗狀或泡沫狀骨片，稱鱗板或泡沫板。
The longitudinal skeleton unit mainly consists of spiny or ridged septal ridge or septal spine and lamellar septum, the latter is long and short, and arranged symmetrically on both sides or radially. The plate-like body distributed across the coral bone cavity is called bed plate or transverse plate, which is the main component of the transverse bone unit. On the edge of some coral bodies there are small scale or foam like bones, called scale plates or foam plates.
在古代，珊瑚就被視為祥瑞幸福之物，代表高貴與權(quán)勢。“珊瑚的主要化學(xué)成分是碳酸鈣，而珊瑚化石的主要成分為二氧化硅,同屬玉髓家族，理化特性相同。它具有玉石的所有特性，不同的是，它曾經(jīng)有生命，屬于有靈魂的寶石。”通常可制作成佛珠、掛件、手串、平安扣等飾品。
In ancient times, corals were regarded as auspicious and happy things, representing nobility and power. "The main chemical component of coral is calcium carbonate, while the main component of coral fossil is silica, which belongs to chalcedony family and has the same physical and chemical properties. It has all the characteristics of jade. The difference is that it once had life and belonged to the gem with soul. " Usually it can be made into Buddha beads, pendants, bracelets, safety buttons and other ornaments.
珊瑚化石之所以珍貴，其一是它含有對人身體有利于健康的微量元素，其二是在于她的顏色是純天然的。珊瑚化石在我國寶島臺灣和美州大陸印地安人圖騰崇拜雕件、都被視作珍貴寶石而倍加崇尚，從古羅馬人稱之為“紅色黃金”到佛經(jīng)中被列為“七寶”之一。
One of the reasons why Coral fossils are precious is that they contain trace elements that are good for human health, and the other is that their color is natural. Coral fossils are regarded as precious gems in the totem worship carvings of the Indians in Taiwan and the mainland of the United States. They have been listed as one of the "seven treasures" from the "red gold" in ancient Rome to the "seven treasures" in Buddhist ures.
珊瑚化石的形成條件極為苛刻，在形成的過程中受到劇烈的地殼運動及壓力出現(xiàn)裂痕，硅化作用不完全情況下出現(xiàn)大量空洞沙洞。由于受到外界微弱的致色元素的侵入多少深淺的原因，珊瑚化石的顏色出現(xiàn)灰白色，形成珊瑚化石比例不足萬分之一。
The formation conditions of Coral fossils are very strict. During the formation process, cracks appear due to intense crustal movement and pressure, and a large number of hollow sand caves appear under incomplete silicification. Due to the invasion of the weak chromogenic elements from the outside world, the color of Coral fossils appears gray white, and the proportion of Coral fossils formed is less than one in ten thousand.
此件藏品為珊瑚化石，重1300克，通透感強，天然形成不規(guī)則形，表面有塊狀體，形似峰巢，造型優(yōu)雅大方，未經(jīng)一絲一毫的人工造作，大部分地方已經(jīng)玉化，細看，可以看見珊瑚的文理結(jié)構(gòu)，不禁讓人感嘆生命的力量，自然的偉大。
This collection is a coral fossil, weighing 1300 grams. It has a strong sense of permeability. It is naturally irregular. There are massive bodies on the surface. It looks like a peak nest. It is elegant and generous. Most of the places have been jadized without a trace of artificial artifact. If you look closely, you can see the cultural and scientific structure of coral, which makes people sigh with the power of life and the greatness of nature.
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