unweathered
adjective
un·weath·ered
ˌən-ˈwe-t͟hərd 
: not showing the effects of exposure to the weather : not weathered
smooth, unweathered skin
unweathered granite
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Suzanne Smrekar of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and her colleagues deduced that lava flows on the flanks of several Venusian volcanoes appear unweathered, meaning that the flows must be no more than 2.5 million years old.
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Michael Lemonick, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2010
The unweathered, uneroded appearances of ancient craters, walls, and ridges supports an atmosphere-free Moon.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 5 July 2021
The resulting wide-scale resurfacing may have brought fresh, unweathered material to Bennu's surface—ideal for obtaining a pristine sample.
—Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2016
Based on the differences in mass between the underwater and unweathered Lego bricks, the study authors project that the toys could last anywhere from 100 to 1,300 years in the marine environment.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
Much of the ground where Ms. Hollingshead found her diamond is made of unweathered volcanic rock.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 22 Aug. 2019
Michael Lemonick, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2010
The unweathered, uneroded appearances of ancient craters, walls, and ridges supports an atmosphere-free Moon.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 5 July 2021
The resulting wide-scale resurfacing may have brought fresh, unweathered material to Bennu's surface—ideal for obtaining a pristine sample.
—Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2016
Based on the differences in mass between the underwater and unweathered Lego bricks, the study authors project that the toys could last anywhere from 100 to 1,300 years in the marine environment.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
Much of the ground where Ms. Hollingshead found her diamond is made of unweathered volcanic rock.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 22 Aug. 2019
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