Question: How long roughly would analysing the rocks take ?

Danny Hnatyshin answered on 8 Nov 2020:

For the research I want to do I have to do the following steps:
1) Select a rock sample
2) Describe the rock, like figure out what minerals it is made out of
3) Figure out what part of the rock I want to know the age of
4) Prepare the rock for chemistry (crush it to a powder)
5) Dissolve the rock in acid
6) Do some complicated chemistry experiments on them
7) Analyze the results of the chemistry experiments on a scientific insturment (mass spectrometer)

That would usually take about 1 month of work.