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Earth’s oldest rocks date back 4.16 billion years
Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 billion years to the Hadean era and are the oldest known rocks on the planet. They are described in a study published June 26 in the journal Science .
Rocks in Canada's Quebec Province Found to Be the Oldest on Earth
An outcrop of meta gabbroic rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, that are 4.16 billion years old, in this photograph released on. A knife is pictured for scale. Jonathan O'Neil/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) -Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec,
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