Description
The name ‘Coral’ is used to describe more than 7000 species of animals belonging to the Anthozoa class. Only eight species of them are used in the high-end jewellery trade and according to the CIBJO Coral blue book, these species are designated as ‘precious coral’ and are separated from ‘common coral’.
Loredana Prosperi is Director of the Italian Gemmological Institute (I.G.I.) and has a degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Milan and an I.G.I. Gemmologist diploma. Loredana has been at I.G.I since 1995 and with much experience in the field of gemology she is one of the most prominent figures in the field in Italy, having published several scientific articles of a gemmological and petrographic nature.
