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 Cinnabar at Monarch Cinnabar Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2900Ma - 2900Ma 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-00063	2900	2900		Cinnabar, Hypercinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Eglestonite	Hg	16468	Monarch Cinnabar Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa	Muff (1978); Davis et al. (1986); Boocock et al. (1988); Poujol et al. (1996); Schwarz-Schampera et al. (2010)

Specified 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-00063	2900	2900		Cinnabar, Hypercinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Eglestonite	Hg	16468	Monarch Cinnabar Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa	Muff (1978); Davis et al. (1986); Boocock et al. (1988); Poujol et al. (1996); Schwarz-Schampera et al. (2010)