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Manuel Quiring

This is a beautiful, polished slab of Mesoproterozoic (~1.1 billion years old) domal stromatolites, collected from Uyuni, Oruro, Bolivia.
These stromatolites have yet to be formally identified. Both sides has been nicely polished.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.
6 x 5 cm

Stromatolites are the layered trace fossils of microbial life, primarily cyanobacteria. Some of them date back an astounding 3.4 billion years, making them the oldest record of life on planet Earth.
Stromatolites and Microbialites were typically formed in shallow water by the growth of layer upon layer of cyanobacteria, a single-celled, photosynthesizing microbe.
These layers often form very beautiful and colorful banded structures in the rock.

These oxygen-producing cyanobacteria were so simple they lacked a DNA packaging nucleus, but were responsible for possibly the largest changes the earth has undergone. They were the only major source of atmospheric oxygen critical for the development of more complex life.

Oldest fossil on earth in your hand, don't miss it!

Mesoproterozoic - Bolivia

Oldest Fossil on Earth - dated ~1.1 billion years old - Fossilised plant - Stromatolites  (No Reserve Price)

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United States

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United Kingdom

Romania

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Hungary

Dimensions

Height

Width

Depth

Object

Fossil tooth

Fossilised animal

Amber

Fossil teeth

Fossil matrix

Fossilised shell

Fossil skeleton

Fossil fragment

Fossil plate matrix

Raw mineral

Fossil vertebra bone

Fossil skull

Fossil cabochon

Fossil bone

Fossilised jaw

Fossilised claw

Fossil mortality plate

Fossil carapace

Fossilised plant

Metaphysical stones

Fossil mandible bone

Carved mineral

Fossilised egg

Fossilised tusk

Necklace

Country of origin

Morocco

Madagascar

Indonesia

China

Asia

Lebanon

Myanmar

Brazil

Netherlands

Turkey

Russia

Baltic states

Dominican Republic

North America

U.S.

Africa

Afghanistan

India

Material

Silver

Gold-plated

Yellow gold

Stone

Gender

Women

Unisex

Condition

Natural

Restored

Enhanced

Reassembled

Manipulated

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

Composed

Good condition

Reconstructed

As new - unused

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

Very good condition - slightly used with small signs of wear

Fair condition

Period

Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Jurassic, Middle (174.1 - 163.5 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Quaternary (2.58 - 0 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Cambrian (541 - 485.4 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Triassic, Upper (237 - 201.3 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Ordovician, Upper (458.4 - 443.8 million years)

Paleogene, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.03 million years)

Neogene, Pliocene (5.33 - 2.58 million years)

Coral

Blood Coral

Pearl

Lapis lazuli

Freshwater cultured pearl

Turquoise

Certification

No laboratory report

Fineness

18 kt.

Style

Ancient Egypt, Late Period

Ancient Asian

Art Deco

Baroque

Exact colour

White

Mineral

Petrified wood

Amethyst

Labradorite

Mineral form

Freeform

Tumbled

Bowl

Sphere

Size on item

Adjustable

Pearl surface quality

Clean

Pearl luster

Very good

After 2000

1900-2000

Before 1400

Treatment

Conserved

Polished

Composite

Specimen

Trilobite

Dinosaur

Mosasaur

Ammonite

Megalodon

Marine reptile

Fish

Spinosaur

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