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The crystal timekeeper zircon

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Recording 4.3 billion years of Earth’s history, Jesse Reimink explores the many ways that zircon allows geologists to keep track of the past.

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Erik Schoonover and Jesse Reimink (Pennsylvania State University)

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Reimink, J. The crystal timekeeper zircon. Nat. Geosci. 16, 834 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01279-z

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