A | This mineral is Anthropogenic. |
G | This mineral is directly dated. |
B | This mineral is reported as having this age. |
Y | This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period. |
O | This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality. |
R | The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality. |
P | The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children. |
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded. |
Mineral name | Structural Groups | IMA Formula | Max Age (Ma) | Min Age (Ma) | # of Sublocalities containing mineral | LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids | # of localities containing mineral |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 0 | 3419 | |||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 0 | 2353 | |||
Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | 0 | 1310 | |||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 0 | 2734 | |||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 0 | 1036 | |||
Anthophyllite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 0 | 718 | |||
Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 0 | 246 | |||
Aurichalcite (*) | None | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 0 | 919 | |||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 0 | 5509 | |||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 0 | 11547 | |||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 0 | 4286 | |||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 0 | 1633 | |||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 27770 | |||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 0 | 4979 | |||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 0 | 925 | |||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 0 | 5707 | |||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 0 | 27198 | |||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 0 | 3531 | |||
Clinohumite (*) | Humite | Mg9(SiO4)4F2 | 0 | 236 | |||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 1025 | |||
Cordierite (*) | Beryl | Mg2Al4Si5O18 | 0 | 1008 | |||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 0 | 4165 | |||
Cummingtonite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 0 | 327 | |||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 0 | 2970 | |||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 0 | 4135 | |||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 8173 | |||
Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 0 | 2740 | |||
Gahnite (*) | Spinel | ZnAl2O4 | 0 | 445 | |||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 0 | 24243 | |||
Gedrite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 0 | 178 | |||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 0 | 30554 | |||
Goslarite (*) | Epsomite | Zn(SO4)·7H2O | 0 | 188 | |||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 0 | 6890 | |||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 0 | 14640 | |||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 0 | 1689 | |||
Hercynite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Al2O4 | 0 | 407 | |||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 0 | 1066 | |||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 0 | 5433 | |||
Kyanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2OSiO4 | 0 | 1507 | |||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 0 | 987 | |||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 0 | 14899 | |||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 0 | 12537 | |||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 0 | 5674 | |||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 0 | 915 | |||
Microcline (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 0 | 4924 | |||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 17380 | |||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 0 | 2994 | |||
Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 0 | 2273 | |||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 0 | 39462 | |||
Pyrophyllite (*) | Clay Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 | 0 | 771 | |||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 0 | 9056 | |||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 0 | 61156 | |||
Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 0 | 454 | |||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 0 | 5614 | |||
Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 0 | 4894 | |||
Serpierite (*) | Devilline | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 0 | 292 | |||
Sillimanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2SiO5 | 0 | 1516 | |||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 0 | 5186 | |||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 0 | 2473 | |||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 0 | 21482 | |||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 0 | 1934 | |||
Staurolite (*) | Staurolite | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) | 0 | 978 | |||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 0 | 3337 | |||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 0 | 1101 | |||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 0 | 4899 | |||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 0 | 2562 | |||
Vesuvianite (*) | Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | 0 | 1395 | |||
Wavellite (*) | Wavellite | Al3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O | 0 | 374 | |||
Willemite (*) | Phenakite | Zn2SiO4 | 0 | 303 | |||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 0 | 1655 | |||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 0 | 5251 | |||
Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 1025 |
Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
---|---|---|
All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org
All age data...
Other copyright data...