Zircon (Pakistan)

Zircon (Pakistan)

Mineral: Zircon

Origin: Harchoo, Astor Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Color: Deep Red

Treatment: None

Approximate Dimensions: 3.5cm x 1.5cm x 2cm

Weight: 16g

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Zircon has played an important role during the evolution of radiometric dating. Zircons contain trace amounts of uranium and thorium (from 10 ppm up to 1 wt%) and can be dated using several modern analytical techniques. Because zircons can survive geologic processes like erosion, transport, even high-grade metamorphism, they contain a rich and varied record of geological processes.

Zircons from Jack Hills in the Narryer Gneiss Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, have yielded U-Pb ages up to 4.404 billion years, interpreted to be the age of crystallization, making them the oldest minerals so far dated on Earth.

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