A Californian collector bought a rock in Morocco in 2011 and more than a decade later it turns out to be a much more valuable material
When you find a strange looking rock in the desert, it’s likely worth having some experts take a proper look at it, just like in this case.
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Researchers find evidence of hot water on Mars — in a rock on Earth
The study analyzed zircon from the meteorite Northwest Africa 7034 (NWA 7034), a unique rock containing some of the oldest known Martian minerals, including 4.45-billion-year-old zircon.
READER LETTER: Geochronology built on assumptions
For most of my life I believed, and most everybody believes, that the Earth is billions of years old. A couple months ago I inquired the Minnesota Geological Survey as to how it knows the rocks ...
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4.45 billion-year-old mineral reveals hot water activity on Mars
A 4.45 billion-year-old zircon grain, extracted from a Martian ... The team studied meteorites from a space rock called NWA7034, or ‘Black Beauty’. Unlike most Martian meteorites, which ...