Fossil Stromatolite from Morocco on Hand Crafted Steel Display Stand

  Fossil Stromatolite from  Morocco on Hand Crafted Steel Display Stand 

Fossil Stromatolite  from Morocco on hand crafted steel display stand. Stromatolites are were microbial, being one of the earliest records of life. The earliest known stromatolites are 3.5 to 2.75 billion years old. This was known as the Precambrian period. Stromatolites are layered, and developed as a result of microbial mats which developed as sediment became part of its matrix. Blue -green algae in these early deposits formed colonies which played a large part in creating the oxygen in the atmosphere. 
Date:  The stromatolite could be anything between 600 million years old and 3.5 billion years old.
Provenance: Hmarlkhdad , Rissani Sud; Rissani is a town in Errachidia Province in eastern Morocco, located near Erfoud.
Size: 422  gm 13.7 x 7.6 2.7 cm   the stand is 11 cm tall. Total weight of stromatolite and stand is 510 gm 
Condition: A solid s revealing the  layered patterns of the stromatolite.   Code 5682