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The oldest terrestrial material discovered on Earth to date is a zircon crystal found in Western Australia within a metamorphic gneiss which was part of the Narryer Gneiss Terrane. It has been dated at 4.404 Ga (4.404 billion years old).
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∙ 15y agoIt might be olivine, as this is usually the first mineral to crystallize out of magma as the magma cools. With Earth starting out as a molten ball, this would seem to make sense.
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∙ 14y agoThe oldest known mineral on Earth is zircon, minute grains of which have been found in Australia and dated at over four billion years old.
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