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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Aluminite (*) | Aluminite | Al2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O | 4 | 65643,65648,65652,65683 | 78 | ||
Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 4 | 65643,65648,65652,65674 | 966 | ||
Alunogen (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O | 1 | 65648 | 272 | ||
Amesite (*) | Clay Serpentine | Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4 | 2 | 65700,65718 | 74 | ||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 5 | 65680,65700,65705,65706,65718 | 1627 | ||
Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 3 | 65643,65655,65724 | 2162 | ||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 4 | 65648,65652,65660,65721 | 1588 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 1 | 65668 | 3092 | ||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 1 | 65668 | 1036 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 14 | 65668,65670,65680,65685,65686,65692,65698,65700,65703,65705,65706,65709,65715,65718 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 1 | 65690 | 9052 | ||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 7 | 65668,65680,65692,65694,65698,65700,65718 | 2060 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 3 | 65658,65663,65728 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 5 | 65648,65652,65655,65660,65709 | 11547 | ||
Bassanite (*) | Rhabdophane | Ca(SO4)·0.5H2O | 2 | 65648,65655 | 82 | ||
Beidellite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 1 | 65672 | 85 | ||
Berthierine (*) | Clay Serpentine | (Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 65645 | 59 | ||
Birnessite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O | 1 | 65725 | 178 | ||
Böhmite (*) | Lepidocrocite | AlO(OH) | 7 | 65643,65645,65648,65650,65674,65683,65724 | 195 | ||
Brucite (*) | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 | 1 | 65700 | 462 | ||
Brushite (*) | Gypsum | Ca(PO3OH)·2H2O | 1 | 65665 | 104 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 39 | 65640,65641,65643,65644,65647,65648,65649,65650,65652,65655,65660,65663,65664,65665,65666,65668,65674,65676,65680,65681,65685,65686,65692,65694,65696,65698,65700,65705,65706,65709,65713,65715,65718,65721,65724,65725,65729,65730,65733 | 27770 | ||
Cattierite (*) | Pyrite | CoS2 | 1 | 65655 | 30 | ||
Celadonite (*) | Mica Clay | KMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2 | 2 | 65655,65724 | 309 | ||
Celestine (*) | Baryte | Sr(SO4) | 1 | 65648 | 1252 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 2 | 65663,65729 | 4979 | ||
Chabazite-Ca (*) | Chabazite | Ca2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O | 1 | 65718 | 310 | ||
Chabazite-Mg (*) | Chabazite | (Mg0.7K0.5Ca0.5Na0.1)[Al3Si9O24]·10H2O | 1 | 65680 | 2 | ||
Chabazite-Na (*) | Chabazite | (Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O | 1 | 65718 | 66 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1 | 65663 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 6 | 65658,65663,65668,65705,65709,65729 | 27198 | ||
Clinoenstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 1 | 65700 | 94 | ||
Clinoptilolite-Ca (*) | Heulandite | Ca3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O | 1 | 65725 | 33 | ||
Cohenite (*) | Perovskite | CFe3 | 1 | 65727 | 77 | ||
Copiapite (*) | Copiapite | Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 1 | 65701 | 382 | ||
Corundum (*) | Corundum | Al2O3 | 2 | 65665,65680 | 1797 | ||
Crandallite (*) | Alunite | CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 | 1 | 65643 | 310 | ||
Cryptomelane (*) | Coronadite | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 | 3 | 65655,65724,65725 | 599 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 3 | 65694,65708,65709 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 7 | 65643,65648,65655,65663,65664,65725,65729 | 9895 | ||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 1 | 65694 | 944 | ||
Fibroferrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O | 1 | 65680 | 107 | ||
Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 1 | 65665 | 2740 | ||
Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 3 | 65665,65666,65700 | 9617 | ||
Forsterite (*) | Olivine | Mg2(SiO4) | 4 | 65668,65694,65708,65709 | 1188 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 2 | 65663,65729 | 24243 | ||
Garronite-Ca (*) | Gismondine | Ca3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O | 2 | 65700,65718 | 66 | ||
Gibbsite (*) | None | Al(OH)3 | 5 | 65643,65648,65655,65674,65724 | 504 | ||
Gismondine (*) | Gismondine | Ca2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O | 4 | 65680,65700,65715,65718 | 128 | ||
Gmelinite-Ca (*) | Gmelinite | Ca2(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O | 1 | 65718 | 20 | ||
Gmelinite-Na (*) | Gmelinite | Na4(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O | 1 | 65718 | 25 | ||
Gobbinsite (*) | Gismondine | Na5(Si11Al5)O32·11H2O | 1 | 65718 | 17 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 17 | 65643,65648,65649,65650,65652,65655,65662,65663,65664,65674,65676,65681,65701,65718,65724,65729,65730 | 7437 | ||
Gonnardite (*) | Natrolite | (Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O | 7 | 65680,65682,65692,65700,65705,65715,65718 | 167 | ||
Groutite (*) | Diaspore | Mn3+O(OH) | 2 | 65655,65724 | 72 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 13 | 65640,65641,65643,65648,65650,65652,65655,65690,65701,65721,65724,65732,65733 | 6890 | ||
Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1 | 65701 | 409 | ||
Haxonite (*) | Haxonite | (Fe,Ni)23C6 | 1 | 65727 | 26 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 12 | 65643,65648,65650,65655,65664,65665,65674,65692,65700,65718,65724,65729 | 14640 | ||
Hercynite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Al2O4 | 1 | 65668 | 407 | ||
Hollandite (*) | Coronadite | Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 1 | 65725 | 243 | ||
Halloysite-10Å (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O | 1 | 65718 | 62 | ||
Hydromagnesite (*) | None | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 65700 | 341 | ||
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) (*) | Apophyllite | KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O | 2 | 65680,65700 | 85 | ||
Hydroxylapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3OH | 1 | 65655 | 367 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 7 | 65643,65648,65668,65692,65700,65705,65718 | 5433 | ||
Iron (*) | Iron | Fe | 1 | 65727 | 1089 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 9 | 65640,65641,65652,65655,65701,65721,65724,65732,65733 | 2228 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 4 | 65643,65646,65647,65655 | 5591 | ||
Katoite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(OH)12 | 1 | 65700 | 9 | ||
Kutnohorite (*) | None | CaMn2+(CO3)2 | 1 | 65655 | 234 | ||
Lawrencite (*) | Scacchite | FeCl2 | 1 | 65727 | 30 | ||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 1 | 65655 | 581 | ||
Leucite (*) | Analcime | K(AlSi2O6) | 1 | 65668 | 233 | ||
Lithiophorite (*) | None | (Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2 | 3 | 65643,65655,65724 | 210 | ||
Lizardite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 65700 | 359 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 9 | 65643,65648,65668,65680,65692,65698,65700,65705,65718 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 3 | 65658,65663,65728 | 12537 | ||
Manganite (*) | Rutile | Mn3+O(OH) | 3 | 65655,65724,65725 | 770 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 11 | 65639,65640,65641,65648,65649,65655,65701,65721,65724,65732,65733 | 5674 | ||
Mascagnite (*) | Arcanite | (NH4)2(SO4) | 2 | 65641,65721 | 61 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 6 | 65640,65641,65643,65648,65652,65701 | 915 | ||
Mesolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O | 5 | 65696,65700,65705,65706,65718 | 425 | ||
Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 3 | 65655,65672,65680 | 1508 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 4 | 65643,65648,65655,65674 | 17380 | ||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 13 | 65668,65680,65682,65686,65696,65700,65703,65705,65706,65711,65713,65715,65718 | 1236 | ||
Nepheline (*) | Tridymite | Na3K(Al4Si4O16) | 1 | 65668 | 884 | ||
Nontronite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Na0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 1 | 65655 | 471 | ||
Nsutite (*) | Ramsdellite | Mn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x | 1 | 65655 | 121 | ||
Offretite (*) | Not in a structural group | KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O | 1 | 65680 | 146 | ||
Okenite (*) | None | Ca10Si18O46·18H2O | 2 | 65680,65700 | 71 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 6 | 65660,65700,65705,65706,65721,65730 | 2994 | ||
Osumilite-(Mg) (*) | Milarite | KMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30 | 1 | 65692 | 42 | ||
Palygorskite (*) | Palygorskite Clay | (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O | 1 | 65655 | 306 | ||
Parabutlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O | 1 | 65648 | 23 | ||
Paranatrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O | 2 | 65700,65718 | 19 | ||
Pargasite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 65711 | 313 | ||
Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 3 | 65668,65705,65706 | 1512 | ||
Perovskite (*) | Perovskite | CaTiO3 | 1 | 65700 | 495 | ||
Phillipsite-Ca (*) | Harmotome | Ca3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O | 4 | 65696,65700,65705,65718 | 75 | ||
Phillipsite-K (*) | Harmotome | K6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O | 1 | 65718 | 71 | ||
Phillipsite-Na (*) | Harmotome | Na6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O | 2 | 65684,65718 | 27 | ||
Pigeonite (*) | Pyroxene | (Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6 | 2 | 65680,65700 | 303 | ||
Plombièrite (*) | Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O) | 2 | 65686,65718 | 28 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 17 | 65639,65640,65641,65643,65648,65652,65655,65663,65680,65700,65705,65718,65721,65724,65729,65732,65733 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 7 | 65655,65663,65664,65681,65724,65729,65730 | 3106 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 4 | 65668,65705,65706,65709 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 9 | 65643,65648,65655,65660,65662,65674,65721,65724,65730 | 61156 | ||
Ramsdellite (*) | Ramsdellite | MnO2 | 2 | 65655,65724 | 88 | ||
Rhodochrosite (*) | Calcite | Mn(CO3) | 2 | 65655,65724 | 1711 | ||
Rhomboclase (*) | Not in a structural group | (H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O | 1 | 65701 | 53 | ||
Rhönite (*) | Sapphirine | Ca4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36] | 1 | 65668 | 47 | ||
Romanèchite (*) | None | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 | 3 | 65655,65724,65725 | 312 | ||
Römerite (*) | Römerite | Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O | 1 | 65701 | 115 | ||
Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 8 | 65640,65641,65648,65652,65701,65721,65732,65733 | 293 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 4 | 65643,65648,65668,65674 | 5614 | ||
Sabelliite (*) | None | Cu2Zn(AsO4)(OH)3 | 1 | 65663 | 6 | ||
Saléeite (*) | None | Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10 | 1 | 65690 | 95 | ||
Sanidine (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 65718 | 598 | ||
Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 2 | 65680,65686 | 301 | ||
Scawtite (*) | None | Ca7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O | 1 | 65686 | 25 | ||
Schreibersite (*) | None | (Fe,Ni)3P | 1 | 65727 | 374 | ||
Scolecite (*) | Natrolite | Ca(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O | 6 | 65692,65696,65705,65706,65711,65718 | 390 | ||
Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 1 | 65690 | 1153 | ||
Sepiolite (*) | Sepiolite Clay | Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O | 1 | 65655 | 241 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 4 | 65643,65648,65649,65655 | 6417 | ||
Sillimanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2SiO5 | 1 | 65718 | 1516 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 1 | 65663 | 21482 | ||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 6 | 65668,65680,65694,65708,65709,65718 | 1934 | ||
Sudoite (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 | 1 | 65724 | 51 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 3 | 65640,65641,65721 | 2045 | ||
Szomolnokite (*) | Kieserite | Fe(SO4)·H2O | 2 | 65648,65652 | 139 | ||
Tacharanite (*) | None | Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36 | 2 | 65686,65700 | 47 | ||
Taenite (*) | None | (Ni,Fe) | 1 | 65727 | 703 | ||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 1 | 65663 | 1803 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 1 | 65663 | 5317 | ||
Thaumasite (*) | Ettringite | Ca3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O | 3 | 65682,65686,65718 | 183 | ||
Thomsonite-Ca (*) | Thomsonite | NaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O | 3 | 65680,65700,65718 | 452 | ||
Tobermorite (*) | Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O) | 4 | 65680,65686,65700,65718 | 114 | ||
Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 3 | 65655,65724,65725 | 433 | ||
Troilite (*) | None | FeS | 1 | 65727 | 1044 | ||
Tyuyamunite (*) | None | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O | 1 | 65665 | 628 | ||
Valleriite (*) | Valleriite | 2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2] | 2 | 65705,65706 | 237 | ||
Vermiculite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O | 2 | 65672,65680 | 652 | ||
Vivianite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 65672 | 636 | ||
Voltaite (*) | Voltaite | K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O | 1 | 65701 | 111 | ||
Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 1 | 65718 | 1247 | ||
Zeophyllite (*) | None | Ca13Si10O28(OH)2F8·6H2O | 1 | 65700 | 18 | ||
Zeunerite (*) | Autunite | Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O | 1 | 65690 | 185 | ||
Zippeite (*) | Zippeite | K2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4 | 1 | 65690 | 175 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 3 | 65643,65648,65665 | 5251 |
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