BH250-224

Title

BH250-224

Subject

Quartzite

Description

Major Minerals: quartz, muscovite, biotite
Minor Mineral: zircon
Mineralogy Comments: one of oldest zircons in world (4.4 billion years)

Coverage

Location: Jack Hills, Western Australia, Australia

Creator

Bereket Haileab

Source

From the rock collection of Bereket Haileab. Sample 224. Housed at Carleton College in Minnesota.

Contributor

John Goodge

Type

Thin section

Relation


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Collection

Metamorphic Rocks

Citation

Bereket Haileab, “BH250-224,” BH250 Mineralogy Teaching Collection, accessed April 25, 2026, https://bereket-haileab.geology.sites.carleton.edu/items/show/295.

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