Jack Hills Zircon in Metasediments
Metaconglomerate rock with Zircon Crystals
Narryer Gneiss Terrane
Hadean years,
Jack Hills Region, Pilbara, Western Australia.
Sliced and Polished on one side.
78 grams
12.5 cm x 3 cm x 1 cm approx
This rock formed 3.4 billion years ago from pieces of older rocks and includes 4.4 billion year old zircons.
These zircon minerals show that oceans, an atmosphere and plate tectonics began soon after the formation of earth.
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