Crystal is 'oldest scrap of crust'

Monday, February 24, 2014 - 08:00 in Earth & Climate

A tiny 4.4-billion-year-old crystal from the Jack Hills region of Western Australia is confirmed as the oldest fragment of Earth's crust.

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