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. |
Calcite | Clay | None | Quartz | Sepiolite | Serpentine | Smectite-vermiculite | Talc |
Amesite (*) | Antigorite (*) | Chrysotile (*) | Lizardite (*) | Magnesite (*) |
Quartz (*) | Saponite (*) | Sepiolite (*) | Talc (*) |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amesite (*) | Clay Serpentine | Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4 | 1 | 97302 | 74 | ||
Antigorite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 708 | |||
Chrysotile (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 97302 | 951 | ||
Lizardite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 97302 | 359 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 0 | 1487 | |||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 0 | 61156 | |||
Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 97302 | 301 | ||
Sepiolite (*) | Sepiolite Clay | Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O | 0 | 241 | |||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 0 | 3337 |
Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
---|---|---|
All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org
All age data...
Other copyright data...