Earliest Life - Strelley Pool Stromatolite - 4.07" protomammal Pietersite is a beautiful mineral

Pietersite is a beautiful mineral with brush-like streaks of blue

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these fossils are important indicators of the prehistoric shark's territory and diet

Earliest Life - Strelley Pool Stromatolite - 4.07" protomammal Pietersite is a beautiful mineralBillions of years ago, the first lifeforms on this planet were cyanobacteria living in shallow pools of water, taking in light and carbon dioxide and producing mucus and calcium carbonate. Each layer of the microbial mat built upon the last, forming an intricate laminate structure called stromatolites. This specimen is a fragment of Strelley Pool Stromatolite from the Dresser Formation in Western Australia, measuring 4. 07" in length along the longest