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English: Apex Chert The Apex Chert is a flint-like rock from western Australia, which contains some of the oldest known fossils. The microscopic fossils are single-celled bacteria, 3,500 million years old, and contain no nucleus (prokaryotes). They are either sph

Apex Chert


The Apex Chert is a flint-like rock from western Australia, which contains some of the oldest known fossils. The microscopic fossils are single-celled bacteria, 3,500 million years old, and contain no nucleus (prokaryotes). They are either spherical or in filament-like chains.


Apex Basalt, Precambrian

Marble Bar, Western Australia, Australia


Geological Survey of Western Australia

(Professor J.W. Schopf - Field Collection, 16/11/1999)


LL. 12391 (Manchester Museum)
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The Apex Chert, a flint-like rock form western Australia

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