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To date the moon, the researchers obtained lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 in 1972 and analyzed the tiny zircon crystals and uranium contained inside.
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Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
This technique involves evaporating individual atoms from one of the zircon crystals with a laser beam and identifying them, per the Washington Post.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
Lunar zircon crystals are like cosmic timepieces that started ticking once that magma ocean cooled and solidified.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
Mason and his colleagues found evidence of multiple exhumation events (cooling periods) where zircon were brought back to the surface interleaved with volcanically-active times (magmatic periods) that created new zircon.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
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Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
This technique involves evaporating individual atoms from one of the zircon crystals with a laser beam and identifying them, per the Washington Post.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
Lunar zircon crystals are like cosmic timepieces that started ticking once that magma ocean cooled and solidified.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
Mason and his colleagues found evidence of multiple exhumation events (cooling periods) where zircon were brought back to the surface interleaved with volcanically-active times (magmatic periods) that created new zircon.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
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“Zircon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zircon. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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