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Confirmed: Earth's Oldest Rock In Australia

Posted by timothy on from the isn't-that-what-got-men-at-work-sued? dept.

SpamSlapper writes "Australia's ABC Science reports that ancient zircon crystals discovered in Western Australia have been positively dated to 4.374 billion years, confirming their place as the oldest rock ever found on Earth, according to a new study. The research reported in the journal Nature Geoscience, means Earth began forming a crust far sooner than previously thought, following the giant impact event which created the Earth-Moon system 4.5 billion years ago."

2 of 74 comments (clear)

  1. Obviously by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The old stuff is always at the bottom of a pile.

  2. Re:It comes from a land down under.. by mjwx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Where this rock is about as old as the social and development views of our current Prime Minister..

    However unlike Tony Abbott, the rock is worth something to Australia.

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