:Some ${}_{\mathbf{95}}{}^{\mathbf{243}}\mathbf{Am}$was present when Earth formed, but it all decayed in the next billion years. The first three steps in this decay series are the emission of an $\mathbf{\alpha }$ particle, a particle, and another ${\mathbf{\beta }}^{\mathbf{-}}$particle. What other isotopes were present on the young Earth in a rock that contained some ${}_{\mathbf{95}}{}^{\mathbf{243}}\mathbf{Am}$?

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