page_title: Pilbara Craton
hierarchical_section_title: Pilbara Craton
caption_attribution_description: This is a map of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA), with state boundaries overlaid. The Pilbara region is shown in red.
context_page_description: The Pilbara Craton is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere located in Pilbara, Western Australia.
  The Pilbara Craton is one of only two pristine Archaean 3.6-2.7 Ga crusts identified on the Earth, along with the Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa. Both locations may have once been part of the Vaalbara Supercontinent or the continent of Ur.
  In May 2017, evidence of the earliest known life on land may have been found in 3.48-billion-year-old geyserite and other related mineral deposits uncovered in the Pilbara Craton.
  The earliest direct evidence of life on Earth may be fossils of microorganisms permineralized in 3.465-billion-year-old Australian Apex chert rocks.
context_section_description: The Pilbara Craton is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere located in Pilbara, Western Australia.
  The Pilbara Craton is one of only two pristine Archaean 3.6-2.7 Ga (billion years ago) crusts identified on the Earth, along with the Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa. Both locations may have once been part of the Vaalbara Supercontinent or the continent of Ur.
  In May 2017, evidence of the earliest known life on land may have been found in 3.48-billion-year-old geyserite and other related mineral deposits (often found around hot springs and geysers) uncovered in the Pilbara Craton.
  The earliest direct evidence of life on Earth may be fossils of microorganisms permineralized in 3.465-billion-year-old Australian Apex chert rocks.
caption: Map of Australia with the Pilbara Region highlighted in red.
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