{"title":"Stromatolite Fossils \u0026 Ancient Microbial Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover stromatolites, layered geological structures created through the activity of ancient microbial communities. Dating back to some of the earliest chapters of life on Earth, these remarkable specimens connect fossil collectors with a time long before complex plants and animals appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fossil-tumbled-stone-stromatolite","title":"Stromatolite - Tumble - Fossil","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStromatolites are living fossils and the oldest living lifeforms on our planet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDating back to 3.5 billion years ago, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStromatolite were a factor in creating earths atmospheric oxygen because it consumed \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCO\u003csub data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e and released O\u003csub data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e through photosynthetic metabolism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eStromatolites are created by cyanobacteria, it's also called blue-green algae. This algae is microscopic life and not algae, but bacteria and are capable of carrying out photosynthesis. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: Indonesia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: Archean \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGeographic Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: 3.5 billion years ago\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize approximately\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: 31mm x 22mm x 20mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 19g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe do our best to buy quality products- although not every rock is the same. If you choose to purchase the \"staff pick option\", we will select the best of the batch for you. Otherwise, it will be at random from the larger batch we have in stock.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indonesia","offers":[{"title":"Staff Pick","offer_id":46058257383594,"sku":"FOSINDOCYANSTRO-1","price":7.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard","offer_id":46058257416362,"sku":"FOSINDOCYANSTRO-2","price":8.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/7158\/3658\/products\/Fossil-Tumbledstone-Stromatolite_1.jpg?v=1632344279"},{"product_id":"fossil-stromatolite-morocco-cyanobacteria-cookie","title":"Stromatolite - Fossil","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMined from\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: Morocco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: Archean \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGeological Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: Unknown mya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription: \u003c\/strong\u003eI'll be real with you- these remind me of baked goods. every time I see them I think of brownies. That being said, I have no Idea where in Morocco they are mined or what era they are from. All I know is that they are stromatolites and the color contrast is wicked cool.\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI guess I should tell you- that a stromatolite, is a fossil of a cyanobacteria aka single celled organism. 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