(January 5, 2019 at 6:11 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(January 5, 2019 at 2:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Well, you can't possibly know that, but OK.
Boru
Yes I can. Virtually every meterorite that falls on earth is significantly older than the oldest rock ever found on earth or ever likely to be found on earth that is not itself a meterorite.
Not necessarily.
https://meteorites.asu.edu/meteorites/meteorite-facts
Quote:Meteorites range in age. The oldest particles in a meteorite, calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from carbonaceous chondrites, have been dated at 4.56 billion years old. Meteorites that originate from asteroids are all ~4.5 billion years old. Meteorites that originate from the Moon range in age from 4.5 to 2.9 billion years old. Meteorites that originate on Mars range in age from 4.5 billion years old to 200 million years old.
https://www.livescience.com/43584-earth-...ircon.html
Quote:Well, scientists just took one of geology's biggest controversies and shrunk it down to atomic size. By zapping single atoms of lead in a tiny zircon crystal from Australia, researchers have confirmed the crystal is the oldest rock fragment ever found on Earth — 4.375 billion years old, plus or minus 6 million years.
So, then. The oldest reliably dated Earth rock is 4.4 byo. Meteorites can be as young as 200 myo.
Boru
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