Duck Creek Dolomite - 5.149" Stromatolite Formation
With its striking orange coloring and limestone-like properties, Duck Creek Dolomite is both a beautiful formation and a curious geological phenomenon. Abundant in ancient deposits but rarer in newer formations, Dolomite continues to puzzle geologists.
This specimen is a 5.149" piece of Dolomite from Duck Creek, a part of Western Australia's Ashburton Basin, dating to 1.8 billion years ago. It shows evidence of a stromatolite fossil, a prehistoric marker of the early-life bacteria Pilbaria perplexa.
Description
With its striking orange coloring and limestone-like properties, Duck Creek Dolomite is both a beautiful formation and a curious geological phenomenon. Abundant in ancient deposits but rarer in newer formations, Dolomite continues to puzzle geologists.
This specimen is a 5.149" piece of Dolomite from Duck Creek, a part of Western Australia's Ashburton Basin, dating to 1.8 billion years ago. It shows evidence of a stromatolite fossil, a prehistoric marker of the early-life bacteria Pilbaria perplexa.
