Jhamarkotra
- It is located in Rajasthan and houses a stromatolite fossil park.
- It hosts stromatolites dating back 1.8 billion years, exhibiting a variety of textures and sizes.
- A stromatolite is a layered sedimentary rock created by microorganisms. As such, stromatolite fossils preserve records of cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae – the earliest life on the planet.
- These organisms developed the ability to photosynthesise and make their own food. By doing so, they pumped large quantities of oxygen into the atmosphere of primaeval earth, allowing most other life to evolve and flourish.
- Jhamarkotra rock phosphate is the premier source of phosphate in India and ....
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