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Pilbara Crater Dated to About 3.02 Billion Years Would Be Earth’s Oldest Known Impact Site

Direct uranium–lead dating of impact‑altered zircon plus hydrothermal apatite yields matching ~3.02 billion‑year ages that could place the Pilbara site in the Archean, reshaping views of early crustal hydrothermal systems.

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China Confirms New Lunar Mineral Magnesiochangesite-(Ce) From Meteorite Found in Xinjiang

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3mo ago

Study Finds Long-Quiet Greek Volcano Has Been Building Magma Underground

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5mo ago

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

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5mo ago

Bromacker Fossil Site Redated to 294.1 Million Years Old

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6mo ago

Young Mars Volcanoes Show Long-Lived, Evolving Magma Systems

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6mo ago

New Experiments Suggest Earth’s Core Holds Nine to 45 Oceans’ Worth of Hydrogen

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6mo ago

Japan Recovers Rare-Earth-Bearing Seabed Mud at 6,000 Meters in First-of-Its-Kind Test

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6mo ago

Japan Validates Multi-Day Deep-Sea Rare Earths Lift off Minami-Torishima

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6mo ago

New Study Points to Human Transport of Stonehenge’s Bluestones, Not Glaciers

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6mo ago

New Mineral Evidence Rules Out Glacial Delivery of Stonehenge Stones

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7mo ago

‘Star of Pure Land’ Purple Star Sapphire Unveiled in Sri Lanka After GIA Certification

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7mo ago

New 'Cosmic Clock' Reads Krypton in Zircon to Date Ancient Landscapes

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7mo ago

Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

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8mo ago

Rains Turn Iran’s Hormuz ‘Red Beach’ Coastline Crimson in Striking Natural Event

Mineralogy

Pilbara Crater Dated to About 3.02 Billion Years Would Be Earth’s Oldest Known Impact Site

Scientists Find Iron‑Rich Garnet in Martian Meteorite

Scientists Find First Garnet Grains in Martian Meteorite

Scientists Find First Garnet in Martian Meteorite

Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of a 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Giant Moon Impact

Researchers Identify New Clathrate Crystal in Trinity Test Glass

China Confirms New Lunar Mineral Magnesiochangesite-(Ce) From Meteorite Found in Xinjiang

Study Finds Long-Quiet Greek Volcano Has Been Building Magma Underground

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

Bromacker Fossil Site Redated to 294.1 Million Years Old

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Young Mars Volcanoes Show Long-Lived, Evolving Magma Systems

New Experiments Suggest Earth’s Core Holds Nine to 45 Oceans’ Worth of Hydrogen

Japan Recovers Rare-Earth-Bearing Seabed Mud at 6,000 Meters in First-of-Its-Kind Test

Japan Validates Multi-Day Deep-Sea Rare Earths Lift off Minami-Torishima

New Study Points to Human Transport of Stonehenge’s Bluestones, Not Glaciers

New Mineral Evidence Rules Out Glacial Delivery of Stonehenge Stones

‘Star of Pure Land’ Purple Star Sapphire Unveiled in Sri Lanka After GIA Certification

New 'Cosmic Clock' Reads Krypton in Zircon to Date Ancient Landscapes

Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

Rains Turn Iran’s Hormuz ‘Red Beach’ Coastline Crimson in Striking Natural Event

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