K-Pg Boundary Layer - Death of the Dinosaurs - Display Card rockinaboxlabrea ROUGH OPAL (Australia)

ROUGH OPAL (Australia)

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This specimen is a piece of brick material from the original Metropolitan Opera House

K-Pg Boundary Layer - Death of the Dinosaurs - Display Card rockinaboxlabrea ROUGH OPAL (Australia)By the end of the Mesozoic, dinosaurs had ruled the Earth for 175 million years, evolving into innumerable forms across the years. All that ended with a six mile long asteroid that wiped out all non avian dinosaurs in one fell swoop. Evidence of this impact can be found in a globally distributed strip of iridium, an element brought to Earth by the asteroid. This specimen is a collection of material from this K Pg Boundary geologic layer, a relic from