The discovery was made by geologists from Curtin University, Malaysia and the University of Calcutta, India, along with researchers from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in Beijing. The Singhbhum zircon represented the second oldest rock from which it was derived and the zircon itself was the oldest magmatic zircon on earth, Mazumder said. After approaching laboratories in Australia, Canada, Germany and the United States without success, they finally turned to the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences for assistance. Curtin University, Malaysia Pro-Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Jim Mienczakowski said: “This is a major scientific discovery of world proportions. The sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in Beijing.

Source: New Strait Times May 30, 2018 02:26 UTC