Originally Posted by Ringman
antelope_sniper,

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There are about 20 different radiometric dating techniques. Each has it's limitations and must be used appropriately. As an example Argon-Argon dating can be used to mitigate the issues mentioned above in many kinds of rocks.


Here's the problem with the above statement. You start with the idea the earth is billions of years old. Since it's not the dating always comes up wrong. That's why carbon 14 is found in every fossil and every piece of coal and diamonds no matter how carefully they are tested to protect against contamination. You and I know presently the maximum anything can be dated with carbon 14 is about fifty thousand years. Of course the testers need an electron mass spectrometer.


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