Fiery orange Mary Ellen (stromatolite) jasper
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Summary[edit] Description: Best viewed large is this 9 by 6 inch slab of ancient columnar fossil life. Zoom into finger-like (digitate) texture whether in this Gunflint Iron Formation from northwest Ontario or the Mesabi Iron Range in central Minnesota (link below) Highly polished fossil specimens are available from the Rox Rock Shop in Westport ON. The shop owner traveled to the opposite side of Ontario to collect orange Mary Ellen (stromatolite) jasper northwest of Lake Superior. link to my stromatolite gallery tracking matted cyanobacteria from 3.8 billion years ago to today as shared by flickrites, including several of the most colorful Mary Ellen jaspers of all time www.flickr.com/photos/31856336@N03/galleries/721576278136... Date: 17 September 2017, 19:10. Source: fiery orange Mary Ellen (stromatolite) jasper. Author: Mike Beauregard from Nunavut, Canada. Other versions: This file has an extracted image: File:Fiery orange Mary Ellen (stromatolite) jasper (cropped).jpg.. Camera location44° 40′ 39.19″ N, 76° 23′ 47.63″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 44.677552; -76.396565.
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