The famous producing areas of red coral are Keelung and Penghu Islands in Taiwan Province Province, Algerian, Tunisia, Spanish coast, Italian and French Bay of Biscay. 65% of the world's gem-grade red corals are produced in Taiwan Province Province, China, and the top red corals are produced in the waters of Kochi Prefecture. Taiwan Province Province and Japan mainly produce Aka and Momo coral.
Industry recognized red coral color range:
Also known as: crimson, crimson, the highest value, mostly produced in Japan and Taiwan Province Province. The name Akaaka is translated from Japanese, which means red, generally referring to red coral.
Momo: pink/orange. Momo Momo's name is translated from Japanese, which means peach or peach color, and generally refers to peach coral. Momo's colors range from light red to red, some are yellow and some are orange.
Sardinia: Bright red, common true red, produced in Mediterranean countries. The plant is very small, with the size of1500g or 600g. Most of them are below 10 mm in diameter. Apart from personal ornaments, there are few materials that can be carved.
Sardinia is mainly produced in the Mediterranean Sea, and its color is very close to that of Aka red coral, which belongs to deep red, but the price of Sardinia is much cheaper. The most important thing to distinguish Sardinia from coral is to look at the "white core". Aka coral usually has some irregular white spots, which is its symbol. Relatively speaking, Sardinia will not have such a white nucleus.