[Rockhounds] A 4.45 billion-year-old crystal from Mars reveals the planet had water from the beginning

[Paul]

A 4.45 billion-year-old crystal from Mars reveals 
the planet had water from the beginning
by Aaron J. Cavosie, The Conversation, Nov. 25, 2024
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-billion-year-crystal-mars-reveals.html

A 4.45 billion-year-old crystal from Mars reveals the planet had water from the beginning
JPL-Caltech/NASA, The Conversation , November 22, 2024
https://theconversation.com/a-4-45-billion-year-old-crystal-from-mars-reveals-the-planet-had-water-from-the-beginning-243172

 The open access paper is:

Gillespie, Jack, et al. "Zircon trace element evidence for early hydrothermal activity on Mars." Science Advances 10.47 (2024): eadq3694.
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adq3694

Yours,

Paul H.