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 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

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

Direct 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
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

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
Grew_Li_2019_0095	48	48		Saliotite		132517	Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Platt et al. (2005)	JGSL162_451
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
Kristen002528	23	19			Co	241637	Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Zeck 1989	T169_215
Scott-JP42_1373-0001	21.9	17.5	Zircon			68189	Schist Outcrops, Tabernas, Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Zeck and Williams (2001)	JP42_1373