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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Aegirine (*) | Pyroxene | NaFe3+Si2O6 | 1 | 121979 | 1022 | ||
Afwillite (*) | Spurrite-Afwillite | Ca3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O | 2 | 121960,121979 | 41 | ||
Åkermanite (*) | Melilite | Ca2MgSi2O7 | 2 | 121960,121979 | 50 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 5 | 121996,122009,122010,122011,122015 | 8803 | ||
Allophane (*) | Allophane | Al2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O | 1 | 121960 | 470 | ||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 21 | 121909,121911,121925,121937,121946,121947,121952,121953,121954,121958,121964,121967,121968,121975,121977,121979,121981,121984,121990,122001,122040 | 1627 | ||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 1 | 121930 | 1588 | ||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 3 | 121962,121979,122010 | 1036 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 2 | 121912,121921 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 2 | 122046,122047 | 9052 | ||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 4 | 121937,121979,121982,122035 | 2060 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 2 | 122031,122047 | 11547 | ||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 4 | 122010,122011,122015,122024 | 4286 | ||
Bicchulite (*) | Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite | Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2 | 1 | 121960 | 6 | ||
Bismutite (*) | Bismutite | Bi2O2(CO3) | 2 | 122012,122025 | 716 | ||
Bredigite (*) | None | Ca7Mg(SiO4)4 | 3 | 121960,121972,121979 | 13 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 38 | 121911,121912,121914,121916,121917,121918,121921,121922,121925,121926,121931,121932,121935,121937,121948,121951,121953,121954,121958,121960,121961,121964,121965,121968,121969,121970,121972,121977,121979,121981,121983,121998,122009,122015,122031,122037,122040,122043 | 27770 | ||
Cebollite (*) | Melilite | Ca5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4 | 1 | 121979 | 13 | ||
Celestine (*) | Baryte | Sr(SO4) | 1 | 122043 | 1252 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 1 | 122031 | 4979 | ||
Chabazite-Ca (*) | Chabazite | Ca2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O | 7 | 121939,121961,121962,121983,121987,122009,122015 | 310 | ||
Chabazite-Mg (*) | Chabazite | (Mg0.7K0.5Ca0.5Na0.1)[Al3Si9O24]·10H2O | 1 | 121962 | 2 | ||
Chabazite-Na (*) | Chabazite | (Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O | 2 | 121947,121962 | 66 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1 | 121908 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 4 | 122009,122031,122046,122047 | 27198 | ||
Chamosite (*) | Chlorite Clay | (Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8 | 1 | 122015 | 577 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 1 | 122035 | 3902 | ||
Coffinite (*) | Zircon | U(SiO4)·nH2O | 1 | 121978 | 566 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 3 | 121916,121953,122003 | 3846 | ||
Cordierite (*) | Beryl | Mg2Al4Si5O18 | 1 | 121996 | 1008 | ||
Cowlesite (*) | None | Ca(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O | 10 | 121911,121917,121918,121948,121954,121964,121977,121981,121984,121998 | 84 | ||
Cristobalite (*) | Cristobalite | SiO2 | 3 | 121973,121983,121995 | 453 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 1 | 121953 | 2970 | ||
Danalite (*) | Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite | Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S | 1 | 122015 | 58 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1 | 121979 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 3 | 122031,122046,122047 | 9895 | ||
Edingtonite (*) | Edingtonite | Ba(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O | 1 | 122031 | 26 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 2 | 122009,122030 | 8173 | ||
Erionite-Ca (*) | Erionite | Ca5[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O | 5 | 121911,121915,121955,121957,121981 | 31 | ||
Erionite-K (*) | Erionite | K10[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O | 1 | 121947 | 22 | ||
Erionite-Na (*) | Erionite | Na10[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O | 1 | 121948 | 13 | ||
Ettringite (*) | Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O | 1 | 121979 | 93 | ||
Ferberite (*) | Columbite | Fe2+(WO4) | 1 | 122025 | 551 | ||
Fergusonite-(Y) (*) | Scheelite | YNbO4 | 2 | 122018,122019 | 196 | ||
Fluorapophyllite-(K) (*) | Apophyllite | KCa4Si8O20F·8H2O | 2 | 121925,122009 | 303 | ||
Fluorapophyllite-(Na) (*) | Apophyllite | NaCa4Si8O20F·8H2O | 1 | 121956 | 10 | ||
Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 4 | 122009,122011,122015,122016 | 9617 | ||
Gadolinite-(Y) (*) | Gadolinite | Y2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2 | 1 | 122017 | 163 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 2 | 122031,122046 | 24243 | ||
Garronite-Ca (*) | Gismondine | Ca3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O | 12 | 121933,121946,121952,121970,121975,121976,121977,121990,121994,121998,122000,122001 | 66 | ||
Gehlenite (*) | Melilite | Ca2Al(SiAl)O7 | 2 | 121960,121979 | 114 | ||
Gismondine (*) | Gismondine | Ca2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O | 5 | 121948,121975,121981,121990,122001 | 128 | ||
Gmelinite-Na (*) | Gmelinite | Na4(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O | 2 | 121968,121977 | 25 | ||
Gobbinsite (*) | Gismondine | Na5(Si11Al5)O32·11H2O | 5 | 121948,121964,121967,121968,121977 | 17 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 2 | 122046,122047 | 30554 | ||
Gonnardite (*) | Natrolite | (Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O | 5 | 121953,121963,121964,121967,121977 | 167 | ||
Gyrolite (*) | Gyrolite | NaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O | 10 | 121912,121916,121917,121922,121925,121931,121935,121937,121960,121990 | 142 | ||
Halite (*) | Rocksalt | NaCl | 1 | 121929 | 1398 | ||
Harmotome (*) | Harmotome | Ba2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O | 1 | 122031 | 290 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 3 | 121936,121993,121996 | 14640 | ||
Hessite (*) | None | Ag2Te | 1 | 122047 | 804 | ||
Heulandite-Ca (*) | Heulandite | (Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O | 1 | 122015 | 246 | ||
Hydrocalumite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 121979 | 30 | ||
Hydrokenoelsmoreite (*) | Pyrochlore | 2W2O6(H2O) | 2 | 122012,122025 | 57 | ||
Iron (*) | Iron | Fe | 1 | 122035 | 1089 | ||
Killalaite (*) | None | Ca6.4[H0.6Si2O7]2(OH)2 | 1 | 121960 | 5 | ||
Larnite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca2(SiO4) | 3 | 121960,121972,121979 | 48 | ||
Laumontite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O | 2 | 121982,122009 | 1271 | ||
Lévyne-Ca (*) | Lévyne | Ca3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O | 3 | 121968,122039,122041 | 42 | ||
Maghemite (*) | Spinel | (Fe3+0.67 0.33)Fe3+2O4 | 1 | 121993 | 229 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 4 | 121960,121979,121996,122016 | 14899 | ||
Merrillite (*) | Cerite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 | 1 | 122035 | 230 | ||
Merwinite (*) | Aphthitalite | Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 | 1 | 121960 | 23 | ||
Mesolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O | 9 | 121913,121917,121935,121937,121947,121954,121958,121998,122036 | 425 | ||
Mordenite (*) | Mordenite | (Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O | 1 | 121956 | 405 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 2 | 122011,122024 | 17380 | ||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 13 | 121909,121912,121921,121940,121946,121952,121953,121964,121968,121975,121976,121977,122001 | 1236 | ||
Offretite (*) | Not in a structural group | KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O | 1 | 121915 | 146 | ||
Okenite (*) | None | Ca10Si18O46·18H2O | 1 | 121979 | 71 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 122011 | 2994 | ||
Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 3 | 122011,122015,122016 | 2349 | ||
Osumilite-(Mg) (*) | Milarite | KMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30 | 1 | 121996 | 42 | ||
Paranatrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O | 2 | 121962,121964 | 19 | ||
Paulingite-K (*) | None | (K,Ca,Na,Ba, )10(Si,Al)42O84·34H2O | 1 | 121948 | 7 | ||
Pectolite (*) | Pectolite | NaCa2Si3O8(OH) | 1 | 121979 | 363 | ||
Perovskite (*) | Perovskite | CaTiO3 | 2 | 121960,121979 | 495 | ||
Pigeonite (*) | Pyroxene | (Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6 | 1 | 122035 | 303 | ||
Plombièrite (*) | Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O) | 3 | 121960,121972,121979 | 28 | ||
Portlandite (*) | Brucite | Ca(OH)2 | 2 | 121960,121979 | 51 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 122010 | 1898 | ||
Pseudobrookite (*) | Pseudobrookite | (Fe3+2Ti)O5 | 1 | 121995 | 164 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 3 | 122031,122046,122047 | 39462 | ||
Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 122026 | 1725 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 17 | 121912,121925,121942,121944,121947,121979,122009,122011,122015,122016,122020,122021,122022,122024,122031,122046,122047 | 61156 | ||
Ranciéite (*) | None | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O | 1 | 121963 | 177 | ||
Rankinite (*) | None | Ca3Si2O7 | 1 | 121979 | 25 | ||
Roscoelite (*) | Mica | KV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 121978 | 253 | ||
Russellite (*) | None | Bi2WO6 | 2 | 122012,122025 | 40 | ||
Sanidine (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 121996 | 598 | ||
Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 6 | 121916,121917,121937,121963,121970,122015 | 301 | ||
Scawtite (*) | None | Ca7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O | 3 | 121960,121972,121979 | 25 | ||
Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 1 | 122025 | 4894 | ||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 122016 | 2705 | ||
Scolecite (*) | Natrolite | Ca(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O | 3 | 121948,121970,122009 | 390 | ||
Sekaninaite (*) | Beryl | Fe2+2Al4Si5O18 | 1 | 121986 | 35 | ||
Siderophyllite (*) | Mica | KFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2 | 2 | 122014,122015 | 92 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 2 | 122031,122046 | 21482 | ||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 2 | 121960,121979 | 1934 | ||
Spurrite (*) | Spurrite-Afwillite | Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) | 2 | 121960,121979 | 54 | ||
Stellerite (*) | Stilbite | Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O | 5 | 121927,121947,121948,121991,122010 | 189 | ||
Stilbite-Ca (*) | Stilbite | NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O | 2 | 122009,122015 | 268 | ||
Strontianite (*) | Aragonite | Sr(CO3) | 1 | 121947 | 589 | ||
Tacharanite (*) | None | Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36 | 1 | 121960 | 47 | ||
Taenite (*) | None | (Ni,Fe) | 1 | 122035 | 703 | ||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 1 | 122047 | 1803 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 2 | 122046,122047 | 5317 | ||
Tetrataenite (*) | None | FeNi | 1 | 122035 | 116 | ||
Thaumasite (*) | Ettringite | Ca3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O | 1 | 122029 | 183 | ||
Thomsonite-Ca (*) | Thomsonite | NaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O | 8 | 121916,121918,121925,121937,121946,121977,121981,122043 | 452 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 3 | 121960,121979,122024 | 4899 | ||
Tobermorite (*) | Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O) | 3 | 121960,121972,121979 | 114 | ||
Topaz (*) | Topaz | Al2SiO4F2 | 4 | 122011,122012,122014,122015 | 1476 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 122009 | 2562 | ||
Tridymite (*) | Tridymite | SiO2 | 3 | 121991,121996,122035 | 458 | ||
Troilite (*) | None | FeS | 1 | 122035 | 1044 | ||
Vaterite (*) | None | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 121972 | 37 | ||
Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 3 | 121960,121979,122006 | 1247 | ||
Xonotlite (*) | None | Ca6Si6O17(OH)2 | 2 | 121960,121979 | 109 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 1 | 122011 | 5251 |
Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
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R061126 | Dunseverick, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK | https://rruff.info/R061126 |
R061091 | Carneal, Glenoe, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK | https://rruff.info/R061091 |
R070530 | Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK | https://rruff.info/R070530 |
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