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).
Please see the related link for more information.
For information on the oldest rock on Earth, and the oldest rock mass of terrestrial origin, please see the related question.
It 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.
The oldest known mineral on Earth is zircon, minute grains of which have been found in Australia and dated at over four billion years old.
The Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt is the oldest part of earth's crust. Dating back 4.28 billion years old (the earth is estimated to be 4.6 billion years old), it is the only piece of land still known to exist pre-Archean era.
The softest known mineral is 'TALC'. The hardest known mineral is 'DIAMOND' (according to Friedrich Mohs scale)
mineral is found below the earth while forest is above the earth
Silicate is the mineral group in the Earth's crust. This contains quartz, feldspars, and micas.
Diamond is the hardest natural mineral on earth, measuring 10 on the Mohs scale, where 10 is the hardest mineral.
The oldest known mineral on Earth is zircon, minute grains of which have been found in Australia and dated at over four billion years old.
what kind of rock is the oldest rock
A tiny speck of zircon crystal that is barely visible to the eye is believed to be the oldest known piece of Earth at about 4.4 billion years old.
Diamond is the hardest mineral known.
Diamond.
The oldest evidence of life are single celled organisms that are found in rock and mineral samples. These date back to approximately 3.5-3.8 billion years ago.
The oldest known life form on earth (that still exists today) is a stromatolite found in western Austrlia, it is 3.8 billion years old.
The oldest man on earth I heard was 113 years old. Then there's the oldest woman and she was 114 years old. The oldest man is 120 and woman was 114
Senet is one of the oldest known board games in the world. This board game was very well known in Egypt. Senet is originally from Egypt.
Domain Bacteria contain the oldest known fossils of cells in bacterial cells.
san marino=oldest country on record maybe not the real oldest......but the oldest still with the same name most tradition go's to china
As the oldest animal, no.As the oldest thing, no.