- Country:
- New Zealand
- Published:
- 1885
- Oldest age Ma:
- 4620
- Paragenetic modes:
- Abiotic, Primary, Secondary, Stage 1: Primary nebular phases, PM4 - Primary chondrule phases, Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation & alteration, PM5 - Primary asteroid phases, Stage 3b: Earth's earliest hydrosphere, PM13 - Hadean serpentinization, Stage 4a: Earth's earliest continental crust, PM26 - Hadean detrital minerals, Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks, PM36 - Carbonatites & kimberlites, Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics, PM38 - Ophiolites