Earliest Life - Strelley Pool Stromatolite - 4.07" protomammal Glass from this era is

Glass from this era is one of the earliest examples of glassblowing known in human history

This formation and the fossil are from the Paleocene and date back over 55

the creature was nearly as long as a bus

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

Earliest Life - Strelley Pool Stromatolite - 4.07" protomammal Glass from this era isBillions 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