One of the world's oldest orbicular granites is in India: The 2.56-billion-year-old Pichhore rock is baffling scientists with its mysterious spherical structures
- Image Credit: X/ Research MattersA new study published in the journal Geosystems and Geoenvironment has identified the 2.56-billion-year-old Pichhore orbicular granite in Madhya Pradesh as one of the world's oldest known orbicular granites.
- The ancient rock has drawn geologists' attention because of its unusual spherical structures, known as orbicules, which are rarely found anywhere in the world.
- Beyond its remarkable age; the formation is helping researchers better understand the geological processes that shaped the Earth's earliest continental crust more than 2.5 billion years ago.
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- Image Credit: X/ Research MattersA new study published in the journal Geosystems and Geoenvironment has identified the 2.56-billion-year-old Pichhore orbicular granite in Madhya Pradesh as one of the world's oldest known orbicular granites.
- The ancient rock has drawn geologists' attention because of its unusual spherical structures, known as orbicules, which are rarely found anywhere in the world.
- Beyond its remarkable age; the formation is helping researchers better understand the geological processes that shaped the Earth's earliest continental crust more than 2.5 billion years ago.
Sources: Times of India