Tanzania, US firm discover a 4.03bn year
Tanzania, in partnership with Princeton University, has identified a 4.03 billion-year-old rock known as Fuchsite in the Dodoma region. This discovery is expected to boost the country's profile in global geological research and promote geotourism.
DODOMA: TANZANIA has made a significant breakthrough in geological research after the Geological Survey of Tanzania (GST), in collaboration with Princeton University in the United States, identified a rock estimated to be approximately 4.03 billion years old. The discovery places Tanzania among a small number of countries with some of the oldest known rocks on Earth.
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