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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Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 108236 | 3419 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 108244 | 8803 | ||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 1 | 108236 | 1627 | ||
Annabergite (*) | Vivianite | Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 108241 | 445 | ||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 1 | 108244 | 1036 | ||
Anthophyllite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 108240 | 718 | ||
Antigorite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 108240 | 708 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 108236 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 1 | 108237 | 9052 | ||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 1 | 108236 | 2060 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 108237 | 5509 | ||
Brucite (*) | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 | 2 | 108241,108244 | 462 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 2 | 108236,108244 | 27770 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 1 | 108237 | 4979 | ||
Chabazite-Ca (*) | Chabazite | Ca2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O | 1 | 108236 | 310 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 3 | 108236,108237,108241 | 27198 | ||
Chondrodite (*) | Humite | Mg5(SiO4)2F2 | 1 | 108244 | 285 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 5 | 108238,108239,108240,108241,108242 | 3902 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 2 | 108236,108244 | 1756 | ||
Clinohumite (*) | Humite | Mg9(SiO4)4F2 | 1 | 108244 | 236 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 2 | 108240,108244 | 1025 | ||
Clintonite (*) | Mica Clay | CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 | 1 | 108244 | 86 | ||
Cordierite (*) | Beryl | Mg2Al4Si5O18 | 2 | 108236,108241 | 1008 | ||
Cubanite (*) | Cubanite Wurtzite | CuFe2S3 | 1 | 108241 | 802 | ||
Cummingtonite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 108236 | 327 | ||
Datolite (*) | Gadolinite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) | 1 | 108236 | 498 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1 | 108236 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 1 | 108244 | 9895 | ||
Edenite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 108244 | 160 | ||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 1 | 108236 | 944 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 108236 | 8173 | ||
Erlichmanite (*) | Pyrite | OsS2 | 1 | 108238 | 110 | ||
Ferro-actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 108244 | 129 | ||
Forsterite (*) | Olivine | Mg2(SiO4) | 2 | 108236,108244 | 1188 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 1 | 108237 | 24243 | ||
Geikielite (*) | Corundum | MgTiO3 | 1 | 108244 | 70 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 108237 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 1 | 108241 | 30554 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 2 | 108241,108244 | 2812 | ||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 108244 | 1544 | ||
Heazlewoodite (*) | None | Ni3S2 | 1 | 108242 | 205 | ||
Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 1 | 108236 | 741 | ||
Hollingworthite (*) | Ullmannite | RhAsS | 1 | 108238 | 119 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 2 | 108241,108244 | 5433 | ||
Irarsite (*) | Pyrite | IrAsS | 1 | 108238 | 154 | ||
Laurite (*) | Pyrite | RuS2 | 1 | 108238 | 226 | ||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 1 | 108237 | 987 | ||
Löllingite (*) | Löllingite | FeAs2 | 1 | 108241 | 762 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 108241 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 2 | 108236,108241 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 108237 | 12537 | ||
Malanite (*) | Spinel | Cu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S4 | 1 | 108238 | 35 | ||
Maucherite (*) | None | Ni11As8 | 3 | 108240,108241,108242 | 161 | ||
Mesolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O | 1 | 108236 | 425 | ||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 2 | 108240,108242 | 1066 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 108241 | 17380 | ||
Népouite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 108241 | 66 | ||
Nickeline (*) | Nickeline | NiAs | 2 | 108240,108241 | 633 | ||
Osarsite (*) | Arsenopyrite | OsAsS | 1 | 108238 | 16 | ||
Gersdorffite-Pa3 (*) | Pyrite | NiAsS | 1 | 108241 | 767 | ||
Pargasite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 108244 | 313 | ||
Parkerite (*) | None | Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2 | 1 | 108242 | 55 | ||
Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 3 | 108240,108241,108242 | 1512 | ||
Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 3 | 108236,108240,108241 | 2273 | ||
Piemontite (*) | Epidote | Ca2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 260 | |||
Platinum (*) | Copper | Pt | 1 | 108241 | 485 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 2 | 108236,108244 | 39462 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 3 | 108236,108241,108244 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 1 | 108237 | 61156 | ||
Rammelsbergite (*) | Löllingite | NiAs2 | 1 | 108241 | 233 | ||
Ruarsite (*) | None | RuAsS | 1 | 108238 | 25 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 3 | 108240,108241,108244 | 5614 | ||
Shandite (*) | None | Ni3Pb2S2 | 1 | 108242 | 14 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 1 | 108237 | 6417 | ||
Sperrylite (*) | Pyrite | PtAs2 | 1 | 108238 | 337 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 1 | 108237 | 21482 | ||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 2 | 108236,108244 | 1934 | ||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 2 | 108241,108244 | 3337 | ||
Thomsonite-Ca (*) | Thomsonite | NaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O | 1 | 108236 | 452 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 2 | 108236,108244 | 4899 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 2 | 108236,108244 | 2562 | ||
Vermiculite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O | 1 | 108240 | 652 | ||
Westerveldite (*) | Modderite | FeAs | 1 | 108241 | 11 | ||
Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 2 | 108236,108244 | 1247 | ||
Wonesite (*) | Mica Clay | (Na,K, )(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH,F)4 | 1 | 108241 | 4 | ||
Zaratite (*) | Amorphous | Ni3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O | 1 | 108241 | 56 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 1 | 108241 | 5251 | ||
Zirconolite (*) | Zirconolite | (Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7 | 1 | 108244 | 140 |
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