Mineral Evolution Database
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| 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 | | | 12 | 112156,112157,112158,112160,112162,112166,112167,112168,112169,112175,112179,112181 | 3419 |
| Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | | | 3 | 112162,112174,112175 | 8803 |
| Allanite-(Ce) (*) | Allanite Epidote | CaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | | | 5 | 112157,112166,112167,112168,112175 | 706 |
| Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | | | 3 | 112167,112168,112180 | 2353 |
| Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | | | 1 | 112160 | 1310 |
| Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | | | 2 | 112173,112175 | 1534 |
| Anthophyllite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | | | 3 | 112167,112173,112180 | 718 |
| Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | | | 0 | | 9052 |
| Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | | | 1 | 112175 | 11547 |
| Bastnäsite-(Ce) (*) | Bastnäsite | Ce(CO3)F | | | 1 | 112168 | 304 |
| Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | | | 2 | 112160,112162 | 4286 |
| Bismite (*) | None | Bi2O3 | | | 1 | 112175 | 214 |
| Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | | | 4 | 112162,112166,112175,112179 | 1966 |
| Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | | | 5 | 112162,112166,112169,112175,112179 | 1935 |
| Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | | | 1 | 112162 | 5516 |
| Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | | | 11 | 112157,112160,112161,112162,112166,112167,112169,112174,112175,112179,112181 | 27770 |
| Cerite-(Ce) (*) | Cerite | (Ce7Ca2) Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)3 | | | 1 | 112168 | 47 |
| Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | | | 1 | 112162 | 5707 |
| Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | | | 11 | 112157,112158,112160,112162,112166,112167,112168,112174,112175,112179,112181 | 27198 |
| Chondrodite (*) | Humite | Mg5(SiO4)2F2 | | | 2 | 112158,112167 | 285 |
| Chrysoberyl (*) | Olivine | BeAl2O4 | | | 1 | 112162 | 321 |
| Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | | | 1 | 112162 | 3531 |
| Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | | | 0 | | 966 |
| Cordierite (*) | Beryl | Mg2Al4Si5O18 | | | 4 | 112160,112162,112167,112173 | 1008 |
| Cummingtonite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | | | 2 | 112168,112173 | 327 |
| Danalite (*) | Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite | Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S | | | 0 | | 58 |
| Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | | | 8 | 112157,112160,112166,112169,112174,112175,112179,112181 | 4135 |
| Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | | | 3 | 112179,112180,112181 | 9895 |
| Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | | | 4 | 112157,112160,112169,112181 | 648 |
| Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | | | 12 | 112157,112161,112162,112166,112167,112168,112169,112173,112174,112175,112179,112181 | 8173 |
| Ferriallanite-(Ce) (*) | Allanite Epidote | CaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | | | 2 | 112167,112168 | 28 |
| Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | | | 10 | 112157,112161,112162,112164,112166,112167,112168,112174,112175,112179 | 9617 |
| Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | | | 1 | 112181 | 24243 |
| Gedrite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | | | 1 | 112162 | 178 |
| Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | | | 1 | 112157 | 7437 |
| Gold (*) | Copper | Au | | | 1 | 112179 | 30554 |
| Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | | | 12 | 112156,112157,112162,112166,112167,112169,112172,112173,112174,112175,112179,112181 | 14640 |
| Hisingerite (*) | Kaolinite Clay | Fe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O | | | 1 | 112173 | 144 |
| Humite (*) | Humite | Mg7(SiO4)3F2 | | | 1 | 112179 | 80 |
| Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | | | 1 | 112162 | 5433 |
| Löllingite (*) | Löllingite | FeAs2 | | | 0 | | 762 |
| Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | | | 13 | 112157,112162,112166,112167,112168,112169,112172,112173,112174,112175,112179,112180,112181 | 14899 |
| Microcline (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | | | 5 | 112162,112166,112167,112174,112175 | 4924 |
| Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | | | 9 | 112160,112164,112166,112167,112168,112169,112175,112179,112181 | 5800 |
| Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | | | 5 | 112157,112160,112167,112168,112179 | 17380 |
| Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | | | 1 | 112179 | 2994 |
| Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | | | 2 | 112160,112179 | 2273 |
| Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | | | 10 | 112157,112160,112166,112167,112168,112169,112174,112175,112179,112181 | 39462 |
| Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | | | 3 | 112157,112158,112179 | 9056 |
| Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | | | 10 | 112157,112160,112161,112166,112167,112168,112169,112175,112179,112181 | 61156 |
| Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | | | 3 | 112160,112167,112179 | 5614 |
| Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | | | 9 | 112157,112160,112161,112164,112166,112169,112175,112179,112181 | 4894 |
| Sillimanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2SiO5 | | | 3 | 112162,112167,112174 | 1516 |
| Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | | | 1 | 112162 | 5186 |
| Spessartine (*) | Garnet | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | | | 2 | 112175,112180 | 1214 |
| Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | | | 3 | 112157,112160,112181 | 21482 |
| Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | | | 1 | 112162 | 2045 |
| Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | | | 2 | 112167,112173 | 3337 |
| Thorite (*) | Zircon | Th(SiO4) | | | 1 | 112160 | 1006 |
| Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | | | 6 | 112160,112162,112167,112169,112175,112179 | 4899 |
| Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | | | 9 | 112157,112160,112166,112167,112168,112169,112175,112179,112181 | 2562 |
| Västmanlandite-(Ce) (*) | Gatelite | Ce3CaMg2Al2Si5O19(OH)2F | | | 1 | 112168 | 4 |
| Vesuvianite (*) | Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | | | 2 | 112162,112175 | 1395 |
| Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | | | 2 | 112162,112175 | 1247 |
| Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | | | 5 | 112161,112167,112168,112179,112181 | 5251 |
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