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              Image: Robin Rohrback, Mid-Atlantic Geo-Image Collection
                
            
            
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            Uploaded: 13 May 2020
            Last Updated: 28 May 2020
          
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A phosphatic (up to 16 wt. %) columnar stromatolite from the ca. 740 Ma Salitre Formation of the Una Group in central Brazil. These stromatolites are similar to those found in post-glacial cap carbonate lithofacies. This sample was provided by Dr. Jay Kaufman of the University of Maryland.