Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

In fact, there are just under 6,000 different minerals on Earth that we know about, the outlet said. Despite being found in the same location, the three minerals are drastically different.

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

Rocks, minerals, fossils and findings ... Now, whether you are going to find them nowadays or not is a different story." Calcite, fluorite, graphite, garnet and other minerals have turned up in ...

"Everything's different," said Glen Rocca, Vice President of the Gem and Mineral Society. "It's like breaking open a geode, no two are ever the same.