What is the oldest rock in the world?

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The Acasta Gneiss in the Canadian Shield in the Northwest Territories, Canada is composed of the Archaean igneous and gneissic cores of ancient mountain chains that have been exposed in a glacial peneplain. Analyses of zircons from a felsic orthogneiss with presumed granitic protolith returned an age of 4.031 ±0.003 Ga.
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Answers by country

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basalt
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flagAustralia
85%
5%
10%
0%
20
flagGreece
73%
20%
6%
0%
15
flagIndia
58%
16%
16%
9%
43
flagGermany
45%
34%
7%
12%
93
flagPoland
42%
20%
16%
20%
1646
flagthe United Kingdom
35%
38%
12%
9%
31
flagthe United States
32%
30%
28%
8%
82
flagAustria
30%
23%
38%
7%
13
flagRepublic of Ireland
25%
50%
25%
0%
12