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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Amesite (*) | Clay Serpentine | Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4 | 1 | 4572 | 74 | ||
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 4555,4575 | 1534 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 4576 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 3 | 4543,4544,4567 | 9052 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 6 | 4543,4544,4558,4562,4567,4572 | 5509 | ||
Babingtonite (*) | Rhodonite | Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH) | 1 | 4555 | 161 | ||
Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 1 | 4543 | 1966 | ||
Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 1 | 4544 | 1935 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 2 | 4558,4572 | 5516 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 3 | 4555,4572,4577 | 27770 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 2 | 4556,4558 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 9 | 4543,4544,4556,4558,4562,4566,4567,4572,4577 | 27198 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 9 | 4542,4546,4548,4549,4550,4552,4553,4561,4569 | 3902 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 1 | 4548 | 1756 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 6 | 4543,4544,4558,4562,4567,4572 | 4165 | ||
Cubanite (*) | Cubanite Wurtzite | CuFe2S3 | 2 | 4543,4562 | 802 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 1 | 4558 | 2970 | ||
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 3 | 4544,4558,4567 | 1027 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 2 | 4555,4572 | 8173 | ||
Ferro-actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 4555 | 129 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 7 | 4543,4544,4556,4558,4567,4572,4577 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 2 | 4558,4562 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 5 | 4537,4538,4540,4566,4567 | 30554 | ||
Goslarite (*) | Epsomite | Zn(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 4543 | 188 | ||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 4548 | 1544 | ||
Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 1 | 4555 | 741 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 2 | 4572,4575 | 14640 | ||
Hydromagnesite (*) | None | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 4550 | 341 | ||
Ilvaite (*) | Ilvaite | CaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH) | 2 | 4555,4570 | 197 | ||
Mackinawite (*) | None | (Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07) | 2 | 4562,4567 | 451 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 6 | 4543,4555,4556,4558,4562,4572 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 8 | 4543,4544,4556,4558,4562,4567,4572,4577 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 1 | 4567 | 5674 | ||
Maucherite (*) | None | Ni11As8 | 1 | 4543 | 161 | ||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 1 | 4558 | 1066 | ||
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 1 | 4544 | 5800 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 4572 | 17380 | ||
Nickeline (*) | Nickeline | NiAs | 1 | 4543 | 633 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 4549 | 2994 | ||
Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 3 | 4543,4558,4562 | 1512 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 8 | 4543,4544,4556,4562,4566,4567,4572,4577 | 39462 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 3 | 4543,4562,4567 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 9 | 4537,4538,4540,4555,4566,4567,4572,4575,4577 | 61156 | ||
Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 1 | 4544 | 1153 | ||
Siegenite (*) | Spinel | CoNi2S4 | 1 | 4558 | 249 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 1 | 4572 | 5186 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 4543 | 2473 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 6 | 4543,4558,4562,4567,4572,4577 | 21482 | ||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 1 | 4562 | 1934 | ||
Stilpnomelane (*) | Stilpnomelane Clay | (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O | 1 | 4555 | 456 | ||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 1 | 4558 | 1101 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 1 | 4543 | 5317 | ||
Uvarovite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 4546 | 212 | ||
Vesuvianite (*) | Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | 2 | 4548,4555 | 1395 | ||
Violarite (*) | Spinel | FeNi2S4 | 1 | 4543 | 380 | ||
Wittichenite (*) | None | Cu3BiS3 | 1 | 4572 | 297 | ||
Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 1 | 4555 | 1247 |
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