Name: Stromatolite
(hand-polished) Age:
Precambrian - Paleoproterozoic
(2.2 to 2.4 billion years old) Size:
mm (25.4mm=1 inch): 210 by 160 Location:
Eastern Andies South of Cochabamba, District of Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America Code:
DS123 Price: $85.00
- Sold
This
is an exceptional example the Earth's oldest fossil, stromatolite, from an unusual
South American Precambrian formation. This slab of stromatolite was cut and polished
perpendicular to the individual colonial layers and thus exhibits multiple colored
growth rings. The stromatolite has been polished to a mirror finish on one side,
vividly rendering the inherent beauty of stromatolite and making apparent the
biogenic process in its formation. The age is estimated to be 2.2 to 2.4 BILLION
years old, near the Lower Paleoproterozoic, from a time in the Precambrian when
stromatolite is believed to have been both ubiquitous and abundant on earth. This
remarkable specimen is appropriate for display, teaching or research, representing
primitive prokaryotic life responsible for forming the atmosphere that we breathe
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