Age of Jack Hills, Australia, Zircons Revisited
Rock around the clock: zircon crystal is oldest piece of
Earth by Reuters, The Telegraph, February 24, 2014.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/10657665/Rock-around-the-clock-zircon-crystal-is-oldest-piece-of-Earth.html
Gem discovered on Australian sheep farm is oldest piece
of the planet, The Guardian, February 24, 2103.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/24/gem-discovered-in-wa-is-oldest-piece-of-planet-earth
At 4.4 Billion Years Old, Oz Crystals Confirmed As World's
Oldest, NPR, Morning Edition, February 24, 2014 3:27 AM
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/24/280888059/at-4-4-billion-years-old-oz-crystals-confirmed-as-worlds-oldest
Rock of Ages: Microscopic 4.4 billion-year-old crystal is
the oldest-known fragment of Earth. Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2566588/Rock-Ages-Microscopic-4-4-billion-year-old-crystal-oldest-known-fragment-Earth.html
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age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-
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Yours,
Paul H.
