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 Cryptomelane at Burkina Faso

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 50.2Ma - 49Ma 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
Scott-GCA62_2739-0001	50.2	49	Cryptomelane		Mn	39830	Tambao Mine, Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso	Hénocque et al. (1998)	GCA62_2739

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
Scott-GCA62_2739-0001	50.2	49	Cryptomelane		Mn	39830	Tambao Mine, Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso	Hénocque et al. (1998)	GCA62_2739