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 |
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Acanthite (*) | Acanthite | Ag2S | 0 | 2793 | |||
Adamite (*) | Andalusite | Zn2(AsO4)(OH) | 0 | 254 | |||
Akaganeite (*) | Coronadite | (Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O | 0 | 63 | |||
Åkermanite (*) | Melilite | Ca2MgSi2O7 | 0 | 50 | |||
Alum-(K) (*) | Alum | KAl(SO4)2·12H2O | 0 | 92 | |||
Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 966 | |||
Anandite (*) | Mica Clay | BaFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10S(OH) | 0 | 5 | |||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 0 | 2734 | |||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 0 | 1588 | |||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 0 | 1036 | |||
Antimony (*) | Arsenic | Sb | 0 | 363 | |||
Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 0 | 246 | |||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 3250 | |||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 0 | 2060 | |||
Bazhenovite (*) | None | Ca8S5(S2O3)(OH)12·20H2O | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Beudantite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 0 | 413 | |||
Beusite (*) | Graftonite | Mn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2 | 0 | 39 | |||
Bindheimite (*) | Pyrochlore | Pb2Sb5+2O7 | 0 | 450 | |||
Botallackite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 0 | 49 | |||
Brianyoungite (*) | None | Zn3(CO3)(OH)4 | 0 | 79 | |||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 0 | 1633 | |||
Brownmillerite (*) | Brownmillerite Perovskite | Ca2Fe3+AlO5 | 0 | 21 | |||
Brucite (*) | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 | 0 | 462 | |||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 27770 | |||
Caledonite (*) | Caledonite | Cu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 | 0 | 359 | |||
Carlhintzeite (*) | None | Ca2AlF7·H2O | 0 | 8 | |||
Cassiterite (*) | Rutile | SnO2 | 0 | 5171 | |||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 0 | 4979 | |||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 0 | 925 | |||
Chalcoalumite (*) | Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O | 0 | 91 | |||
Chalcophanite (*) | None | ZnMn4+3O7·3H2O | 0 | 197 | |||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 0 | 27198 | |||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 0 | 3902 | |||
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 0 | 2600 | |||
Claraite (*) | None | (Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O | 0 | 40 | |||
Clinoferrosilite (*) | Pyroxene | Fe2+2Si2O6 | 0 | 18 | |||
Connellite (*) | Connellite | Cu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O | 0 | 295 | |||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 0 | 3846 | |||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 0 | 4165 | |||
Cristobalite (*) | Cristobalite | SiO2 | 0 | 453 | |||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 0 | 2970 | |||
Cyanotrichite (*) | Cyanotrichite | Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2 | 0 | 179 | |||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 0 | 9895 | |||
Dypingite (*) | None | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O | 0 | 50 | |||
Elyite (*) | None | CuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O | 0 | 85 | |||
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 0 | 910 | |||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 0 | 944 | |||
Ettringite (*) | Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O | 0 | 93 | |||
Fayalite (*) | Olivine | Fe2+2(SiO4) | 0 | 371 | |||
Felsőbányaite (*) | None | Al4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O | 0 | 66 | |||
Ferrihydrite (*) | Nolanite | Fe3+10O14(OH)2 | 0 | 86 | |||
Ferristrunzite (*) | Strunzite | Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O | 0 | 14 | |||
Ferrisymplesite (*) | Symplesite | Fe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O | 0 | 21 | |||
Ferroalluaudite (*) | Alluaudite | NaFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)3 | 0 | 11 | |||
Ferrosilite (*) | Pyroxene | Fe2+2Si2O6 | 0 | 84 | |||
Forsterite (*) | Olivine | Mg2(SiO4) | 0 | 1188 | |||
Fougèrite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Fe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O | 0 | 20 | |||
Franklinite (*) | Spinel | ZnFe3+2O4 | 0 | 52 | |||
Gahnite (*) | Spinel | ZnAl2O4 | 0 | 445 | |||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 0 | 24243 | |||
Gehlenite (*) | Melilite | Ca2Al(SiAl)O7 | 0 | 114 | |||
Glaucocerinite (*) | Woodwardite Hydrotalcite | (Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2) | 0 | 20 | |||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 0 | 7437 | |||
Gordaite (*) | Ktenasite | NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O | 0 | 17 | |||
Goslarite (*) | Epsomite | Zn(SO4)·7H2O | 0 | 188 | |||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 0 | 2812 | |||
Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 0 | 717 | |||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 0 | 6890 | |||
Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 0 | 409 | |||
Hardystonite (*) | Melilite | Ca2ZnSi2O7 | 0 | 14 | |||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 0 | 14640 | |||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 0 | 1689 | |||
Hidalgoite (*) | Alunite | PbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6 | 0 | 57 | |||
Hureaulite (*) | Hureaulite | Mn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O | 0 | 125 | |||
Hydrobasaluminite (*) | None | Al4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O | 0 | 12 | |||
Hydrocalumite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O | 0 | 30 | |||
Hydrocerussite (*) | None | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 0 | 201 | |||
Hydroniumjarosite (*) | Alunite | (H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 65 | |||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 0 | 1066 | |||
Iron (*) | Iron | Fe | 0 | 1089 | |||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 2228 | |||
Johillerite (*) | Alluaudite | NaCuMgMg2(AsO4)3 | 0 | 4 | |||
Kermesite (*) | None | Sb2OS2 | 0 | 230 | |||
Ktenasite (*) | Ktenasite Devilline | ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O | 0 | 75 | |||
Lanarkite (*) | None | Pb2O(SO4) | 0 | 97 | |||
Langite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | 0 | 593 | |||
Laueite (*) | Laueite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O | 0 | 70 | |||
Lead (*) | Copper | Pb | 0 | 192 | |||
Leadhillite (*) | None | Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 | 0 | 265 | |||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 0 | 581 | |||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 0 | 987 | |||
Litharge (*) | None | PbO | 0 | 139 | |||
Luzonite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3AsS4 | 0 | 198 | |||
Magnesiochromite (*) | Spinel | MgCr2O4 | 0 | 311 | |||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 0 | 14899 | |||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 0 | 12537 | |||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 0 | 5674 | |||
Massicot (*) | None | PbO | 0 | 202 | |||
Melanotekite (*) | None | Pb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7) | 0 | 22 | |||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 0 | 915 | |||
Mendozite (*) | None | NaAl(SO4)2·11H2O | 0 | 28 | |||
Metaswitzerite (*) | None | Mn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O | 0 | 22 | |||
Metavivianite (*) | Symplesite | Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O | 0 | 26 | |||
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 0 | 1107 | |||
Monticellite (*) | Olivine | CaMg(SiO4) | 0 | 153 | |||
Nahcolite (*) | None | NaH(CO3) | 0 | 78 | |||
Namuwite (*) | Ktenasite | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O | 0 | 58 | |||
Natroalunite (*) | Alunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 128 | |||
Olivenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 0 | 492 | |||
Ordoñezite (*) | Tapiolite | ZnSb5+2O6 | 0 | 7 | |||
Osarizawaite (*) | Alunite | Pb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 64 | |||
Palmierite (*) | Palmierite | K2Pb(SO4)2 | 0 | 8 | |||
Paradamite (*) | Tarbuttite | Zn2(AsO4)(OH) | 0 | 6 | |||
Parascholzite (*) | None | CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O | 0 | 12 | |||
Parasymplesite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 0 | 124 | |||
Phosphosiderite (*) | Phosphosiderite | Fe3+(PO4)·2H2O | 0 | 182 | |||
Pigeonite (*) | Pyroxene | (Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6 | 0 | 303 | |||
Plumboferrite (*) | Magnetoplumbite | Pb[Fe3+10.67Mn2+0.33Pb]O18.33 | 0 | 7 | |||
Plumbojarosite (*) | Alunite | Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 477 | |||
Portlandite (*) | Brucite | Ca(OH)2 | 0 | 51 | |||
Pseudobrookite (*) | Pseudobrookite | (Fe3+2Ti)O5 | 0 | 164 | |||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 0 | 39462 | |||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 0 | 3106 | |||
Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 0 | 1725 | |||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 0 | 9056 | |||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 0 | 61156 | |||
Robertsite (*) | Arseniosiderite | Ca2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O | 0 | 36 | |||
Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 0 | 454 | |||
Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 0 | 293 | |||
Scholzite (*) | None | CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O | 0 | 20 | |||
Schulenbergite (*) | Ktenasite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O | 0 | 142 | |||
Serpierite (*) | Devilline | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 0 | 292 | |||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 0 | 6417 | |||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 0 | 5186 | |||
Simonkolleite (*) | None | Zn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 0 | 2473 | |||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 0 | 21482 | |||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 0 | 3418 | |||
Stranskiite (*) | None | CuZn2(AsO4)2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 0 | 2045 | |||
Sundiusite (*) | None | Pb10(SO4)O8Cl2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Switzerite (*) | None | Mn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O | 0 | 21 | |||
Symplesite (*) | Symplesite | Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 0 | 92 | |||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 0 | 1101 | |||
Tetraferriannite (*) | Mica | KFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 10 | |||
Thaumasite (*) | Ettringite | Ca3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O | 0 | 183 | |||
Tridymite (*) | Tridymite | SiO2 | 0 | 458 | |||
Valentinite (*) | None | Sb2O3 | 0 | 369 | |||
Varlamoffite (*) | Rutile | (Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2 | 0 | 56 | |||
Vivianite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O | 0 | 636 | |||
Willemite (*) | Phenakite | Zn2SiO4 | 0 | 303 | |||
Woodruffite (*) | None | Zn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O | 0 | 25 | |||
Woodwardite (*) | Woodwardite Hydrotalcite | (Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2) | 0 | 57 | |||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 0 | 1655 | |||
Wurtzite (*) | Wurtzite | ZnS | 0 | 372 | |||
Wüstite (*) | Rocksalt | FeO | 0 | 74 | |||
Zinc (*) | None | Zn | 0 | 52 | |||
Zincaluminite (*) | Woodwardite | (Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2) | 0 | 5 | |||
Zincite (*) | Wurtzite | ZnO | 0 | 98 | |||
Zincrosasite (*) | Malachite | (Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2 | 0 | 28 |
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