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Michigan lays claim to oldest rocks in US. Where you can find 3.6 billion-year-old stone
Geologists recently dated the age of Watersmeet gneiss, a type of rock in the Upper Peninsula, as the oldest in the U.S. Here ...
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The Secrets of How Life Began May Be Hidden Inside the World’s Oldest Rocks
Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect four-billion-year-old rock samples that could ...
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Michigan lays claim to oldest rocks in US. Where to find Watersmeet gniess
In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the ...
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Michigan lays claim to oldest rocks in US. Where you can find 3.6 billion-year-old stone
In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the ...