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 Opal at Saudi Arabia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 0Ma - 0Ma 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
Michelle_0034	0	0				195731	Hibashi Cave, Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia	Forti et al. (2004)	AC33_189

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
JGSL141_1043_0001	702	686	Zircon			17151	Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
JGSL141_1043_0001a	702	686	Zircon			241259	Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
JGSL141_1043_0002	640	630	Zircon			17151	Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
JGSL141_1043_0002a	640	630	Zircon			241259	Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
Michelle_0034	0	0				195731	Hibashi Cave, Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia	Forti et al. (2004)	AC33_189
vms-00835	2500	541				27717	Al Hajar Mine, Mintaqah 'Asir, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00836	785	785			S	244359	Al Halahila, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00837	2500	541				8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00838	2500	541				8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00839	2500	541				8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00840	800	800			S	244355	Jabal Ash Shizm, Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00844	800	800			S	19975	Jabal Sayid Mine (Jabal Sayid Cu-Zn Deposit), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00847	2500	541				244357	Umm Ad Damar, Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00849	2500	541				244361	Nugrah North, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00850	2500	541				244362	Nugrah South, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034