Pinpointing when Earth's core formed depends on the extent of metal–silicate equilibration in the mantle. Vaporization and recondensation of impacting planetesimal cores during accretion may reconcile disparate lines of evidence.
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Anderson, W. Iron fog of accretion. Nature Geosci 8, 256–257 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2391
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