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03/25/2010 4:27 pm ET RED AND PINK CORAL: Corallium rubrum, known as red coral, is seen here in Calafuria, Italy, in 2007. The coral, harvested in the Mediterranean and western Pacific, is primarily used for jewelery. CITES turned down proposed regulations for the trade of 31 species of red coral during its conference in Doha, Qatar.