Jack Hills, Australia
This image acquired by NASA Terra spacecraft, shows the oldest material on Earth which has yet been dated by man is a zircon mineral of 4.4 billion years old from a sedimentary gneiss in the Jack Hills of the Narre Gneiss Terrane of Australia.
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NASA ID
PIA12064
Date Created
June 2, 2009
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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