Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Covellite at West Azerbaijan, Iran

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 26.9Ma - 13.8Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Hg-00082	26.9	13.8		Aktashite	Hg	25142	Zareh Shuran Mine (Zarshuran Mine; Zarshouran Mine; Zarehehuran), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azerbaijan, Iran	Mehrabi et al. (1999); Daliran (2008)

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Hg-00081	16.5	10.8		Cinnabar, Polhemusite	Hg	25139	Agh-Darreh Mine (Agdarreh Mine), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azerbaijan, Iran	Daliran (2008)	MD43_383
Hg-00082	26.9	13.8		Aktashite	Hg	25142	Zareh Shuran Mine (Zarshuran Mine; Zarshouran Mine; Zarehehuran), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azerbaijan, Iran	Mehrabi et al. (1999); Daliran (2008)