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English: An outcrop of metamorphosed volcanosedimentary rocks from the Porpoise Cove locality, Nuvvuagittuq supracrustal belt, Canada. Some of these rocks have Sm/Nd ages in excess of 4.0 Ga and may be the oldest rocks on Earth.
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