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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Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 0 | 8803 | |||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 0 | 1588 | |||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 0 | 3092 | |||
Annabergite (*) | Vivianite | Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 0 | 445 | |||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 3250 | |||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 1 | 105523 | 9052 | ||
Axinite-(Fe) (*) | Axinite | Ca4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2 | 0 | 260 | |||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 105523 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 2 | 105522,105523 | 11547 | ||
Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 0 | 1966 | |||
Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 1 | 105522 | 1935 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 0 | 5516 | |||
Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 0 | 843 | |||
Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 0 | 1089 | |||
Breithauptite (*) | Nickeline | NiSb | 0 | 175 | |||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 105524 | 27770 | ||
Celestine (*) | Baryte | Sr(SO4) | 0 | 1252 | |||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 0 | 925 | |||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1 | 105523 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 2 | 105522,105523 | 27198 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 0 | 3902 | |||
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 2 | 105522,105523 | 2600 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 0 | 1756 | |||
Clinoclase (*) | None | Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 | 1 | 105523 | 127 | ||
Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 0 | 966 | |||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 0 | 3846 | |||
Cornwallite (*) | None | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 | 0 | 175 | |||
Cosalite (*) | None | Pb2Bi2S5 | 0 | 344 | |||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 1 | 105523 | 4165 | ||
Cubanite (*) | Cubanite Wurtzite | CuFe2S3 | 0 | 802 | |||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 0 | 2970 | |||
Delafossite (*) | None | Cu1+Fe3+O2 | 0 | 144 | |||
Dickite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 651 | |||
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 0 | 1027 | |||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 0 | 9895 | |||
Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 0 | 648 | |||
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 0 | 910 | |||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 8173 | |||
Epsomite (*) | Epsomite | Mg(SO4)·7H2O | 0 | 484 | |||
Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 0 | 814 | |||
Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 0 | 2740 | |||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 0 | 24243 | |||
Glaucodot (*) | Arsenopyrite | (Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS | 0 | 131 | |||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 105523 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 0 | 30554 | |||
Grumiplucite (*) | Pavonite | HgBi2S4 | 1 | 105522 | 2 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 0 | 6890 | |||
Hauchecornite (*) | hauchecornite | Ni9BiSbS8 | 0 | 27 | |||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 0 | 14640 | |||
Hexahydrite (*) | Hexahydrite | Mg(SO4)·6H2O | 0 | 251 | |||
Idaite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3FeS4 | 0 | 142 | |||
Jamesonite (*) | None | Pb4FeSb6S14 | 0 | 784 | |||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 2228 | |||
Libethenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(PO4)(OH) | 1 | 105523 | 234 | ||
Lindströmite (*) | Meneghinite | Pb3Cu3Bi7S15 | 0 | 38 | |||
Magnesiochromite (*) | Spinel | MgCr2O4 | 0 | 311 | |||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 0 | 1487 | |||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 0 | 14899 | |||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 105523 | 12537 | ||
Manganite (*) | Rutile | Mn3+O(OH) | 0 | 770 | |||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 0 | 5674 | |||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 0 | 915 | |||
Mercury (*) | None | Hg | 0 | 397 | |||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 0 | 1066 | |||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 17380 | |||
Nacrite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 112 | |||
Nickelskutterudite (*) | Skutterudite Perovskite | (Ni,Co,Fe)As3 | 0 | 176 | |||
Gersdorffite-Pa3 (*) | Pyrite | NiAsS | 0 | 767 | |||
Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 0 | 1512 | |||
Polydymite (*) | Spinel | Ni2+Ni3+2S4 | 0 | 131 | |||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 1 | 105523 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 0 | 3106 | |||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 0 | 9056 | |||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 2 | 105522,105523 | 61156 | ||
Retgersite (*) | None | Ni(SO4)·6H2O | 0 | 55 | |||
Romanèchite (*) | None | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 | 0 | 312 | |||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 0 | 5614 | |||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 0 | 2705 | |||
Schwertmannite (*) | Coronadite | Fe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O | 0 | 37 | |||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 2 | 105522,105523 | 6417 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 0 | 5186 | |||
Skutterudite (*) | Skutterudite Perovskite | CoAs3 | 0 | 531 | |||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 0 | 21482 | |||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 0 | 1934 | |||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 1 | 105522 | 3418 | ||
Stilpnomelane (*) | Stilpnomelane Clay | (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O | 0 | 456 | |||
Strontianite (*) | Aragonite | Sr(CO3) | 0 | 589 | |||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 0 | 3337 | |||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 1 | 105523 | 1803 | ||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 0 | 1101 | |||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 2 | 105522,105523 | 5317 | ||
Tripuhyite (*) | Rutile | Fe3+Sb5+O4 | 0 | 66 | |||
Ullmannite (*) | Ullmannite | NiSbS | 0 | 293 | |||
Violarite (*) | Spinel | FeNi2S4 | 0 | 380 |
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