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I made this lamp with a piece of a banded iron formation me and my girlfriend found in Montana. It is from the Ruby Range, and was likely formed between 2.0-2.5 billion years.
I stare at it and think about the cyanobacteria begining oxygenation of the seas and oceans on Earth. This likely formed sometime during the Archean/Paleoproterozoic Era.
What a crazy rock we live on. I will provide some links to more information for those who are interested.
Rock on.
u/FingerDue5918 — 26 days ago