Top quality Stromatolite Group. The BREATH OF LIFE on EARTH. 2 Billion years old for Sale

Top quality Stromatolite Group. The BREATH OF LIFE on EARTH. 2 Billion years old For Sale

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Top quality Stromatolite Group. The BREATH OF LIFE on EARTH. 2 Billion years old:
$275.00

STROMATOLITES were the \"Breath of Life\" on earth,producing oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon.

Named from theGreek strōma, meaning mattress, and lithos, meaning rock, they are layeredaccretionary structures formed in shallow water by the trapping, binding andcementation of sedimentary grains by microorganisms, especially cyanobacteria,commonly known as blue-green algae.

The earliest stromatolite of confirmed microbial origin datesto 2.724 billion years ago.
A recent discovery provides strong evidence of microbialstromatolites extending as far back as 3.450 billion years ago.

The most widely-supported explanation is that stromatolitebuilders fell victims to grazing creatures, demonstrating that sufficientlycomplex organisms were common over 1 billion years ago.

It is incredible to think that these structures survived as afossil for 3 billion years !!

This is the oldest fossil you can ever own, before other creatures arrived on the scene.

Size: 23cms (9 inches) x 16cms (6.3 inches) x 12cms (4.7 inches)high.

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