4.4-billion-year-old zircon crystal fragment is oldest piece of Earth ever found

Monday, February 24, 2014 - 13:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists say a tiny zircon crystal found on a sheep ranch in Australia dates back to shortly after our planet first formed

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