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 Alunite at María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 11Ma - 9.5Ma at this locality

Direct age (remote)

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
Kristen001860	10.7	9.5	Alunite	Hematite, Quartz		133044	Cerro Del Cinto Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Arribas et al. (1995)	EG90_795
Kristen001861	11	9.8	Alunite	Pyrite, Quartz, Zunyite		31923	Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Arribas et al. (1995)	EG90_795

Locality age (remote)

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
Kristen001856	11.4	10.2		Pyrophyllite		31923	Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Arribas et al. (1995)	EG90_795
Kristen001857	11.1	10.5		Quartz		31923	Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Arribas et al. (1995)	EG90_795
Kristen001858	11.8	10.4		Quartz		31923	Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Arribas et al. (1995)	EG90_795
Kristen001859	10.2	8.6		Quartz		31923	Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Arribas et al. (1995)	EG90_795
Kristen001862	10.4	10.4			Au,Te,Sn	31923	Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Arribas et al. (1995)	EG90_795