We asked our Earth Systems team to show us the oldest rock in their collection, and BOY did they deliver ☄️ This old-timer is called the Murchison meteorite. It’s named after the town near to where it found in 1969 - Murchison, Victoria, Australia. Located on Yorta Yorta Country. It’s age comes from the pre-solar grains inside, which are dated to be around 7 billion years old. It’s older than the solar system. By about 2.5 billion years, in fact. As always, you can count on Earth Systems to 1) t