Price Just Increased! (21 April)
 
I've been messaging with people about my dad's coral. I can't find anything even close to the size and quality of this specimen for sale, even at the "prestige" auction sites. I've become convinced that the price that this was listed at was just way to low. I'm not convinced that it's STILL way too low. I might have to increase the price again.
 
Compare these THREE corals embedded in the native limestone they were found in with anything else you can find for sale.
 
Utah Red Horn Coral is one of the most sought after rocks found in Utah.  My dad played a role in opening up the site in the foothills of the Uinta Mountains of Utah more than half a century ago. You can read all about that in a blog essay here:
 
https://www.kinesavarocks.com/post/utah-red-horn-coral
 
The best information I can find on the web is that the dig site has been closed for longer than a few years.
 
Utah red horn coral is one of those rocks that has experienced a price explosion in recent years. Someone at the mega-site Etsy thinks that a single coral is worth just less than $1,000.00.
 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1099772629/red-horn-coral-fossil-museum-quality
 
The link below shows a single piece of coral embedded in the native limestone sold at auction for $368.00. (If the page is no longer available, contact me. I captured screenshots.)
 
https://www.mineralauctions.com/items/red-horn-coral-classic-material-87357
 
In the past, I have listed corals as a regular item, but I found that they were going so fast that I could see that my stock would be exhausted if I didn't do something. The solution I decided on was to simply stop listing them. The "Mission Statement" of KinesavaROCKS is, "I'm not really in business. I'm just having fun with my dad's rocks." I want the rocks I ship to be affordable by regular rockhounds.
 
This piece is an exception since I really only have a few premium pieces left. I'm very conscious of the fact that somebody will own all of these rocks in the not too distant future anyway. So I'm listing a few of my premium pieces occasionally at prices closer to the market value.