zircon

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Some of zircon crystals were “shocked”—inscribed with linear fracture patterns that are the hallmark of an impact.

From Science Magazine

To get a clue as to how they had ended up in modern-day Wyoming, the team crushed the rocks to retrieve and date the zircon crystals contained inside, a bit like studying ancient fingerprints.

From New York Times

Titanium concentrations in 4-billion-year-old zircon crystals from Western Australia suggest they formed underwater.

From Science Magazine

That’s based on the ages of 51 zircon crystals found within the meteorite that likely formed under the extreme heat of an impact.

From Science Magazine

Thus, any lead present in a sample of zircon must have formed via radioactive decay of uranium.

From Scientific American