Earliest Life - North Pole Dome Stromatolite - Classic Riker Box Specimen

New at Mini Museum! Limited Availability! 3,481,000,000 years old! Above: The front of the Specimen Card. The struggle of life on our dynamic planet is a tale of boom and bust reflected by countless cycles of life in the geological record. We generally think of large, fossilized bones as the best evidence of ancient life, but even microscopic bacteria have left an indelible mark in the form of laminated sediments we call stromatolites.   Above: Layers of time from the earliest days of life on Earth. The Rough 4. While we have several stromatolite specimens in the Mini Museum collection, North Pole Dome stromatolites of the Dresser Formation in Western Australia are the oldest known fossil material on the planet. They date to 3,481,000,000 years old. Above: A beautiful 12" Polished Slice. Access to this material is exceedingly rare. We are fortunate enough to work with one of the only private mining companies with licenses to export this material from Australia. As such, all specimen