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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Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 2 | 97441,97469 | 3419 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 7 | 97418,97420,97422,97427,97444,97454,97464 | 8803 | ||
Allanite-(Ce) (*) | Allanite Epidote | CaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 97427 | 706 | ||
Allophane (*) | Allophane | Al2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O | 2 | 97426,97449 | 470 | ||
Alluaudite (*) | Alluaudite | NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3 | 1 | 97444 | 94 | ||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 97418,97441 | 2353 | ||
Alum-(K) (*) | Alum | KAl(SO4)2·12H2O | 3 | 97425,97436,97473 | 92 | ||
Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | 1 | 97469 | 1310 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 97433 | 2734 | ||
Annabergite (*) | Vivianite | Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 97469 | 445 | ||
Annite (*) | Mica Clay | KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 1 | 97418 | 356 | ||
Anthophyllite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 3 | 97415,97441,97445 | 718 | ||
Antigorite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 4 | 97417,97441,97445,97469 | 708 | ||
Antimony (*) | Arsenic | Sb | 1 | 97444 | 363 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 97423 | 3250 | ||
Arsenic (*) | Arsenic | As | 1 | 97444 | 379 | ||
Arseniosiderite (*) | Arseniosiderite | Ca2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O | 1 | 97469 | 194 | ||
Arsenogorceixite (*) | Alunite | BaAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6 | 1 | 97444 | 15 | ||
Arsenolite (*) | Arsenolite | As2O3 | 1 | 97469 | 231 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 6 | 97421,97423,97454,97462,97464,97469 | 9052 | ||
Asbolane (*) | Not in a structural group | Mn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O | 1 | 97469 | 143 | ||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 1 | 97442 | 2060 | ||
Awaruite (*) | Auricupride Perovskite | Ni3Fe | 1 | 97417 | 166 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 97469 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 1 | 97476 | 11547 | ||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 2 | 97441,97444 | 4286 | ||
Beusite (*) | Graftonite | Mn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 39 | ||
Bindheimite (*) | Pyrochlore | Pb2Sb5+2O7 | 1 | 97423 | 450 | ||
Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 3 | 97421,97444,97462 | 1966 | ||
Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 2 | 97421,97462 | 1935 | ||
Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 1 | 97423 | 843 | ||
Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 1 | 97423 | 1089 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 5 | 97420,97421,97462,97469,97476 | 27770 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 2 | 97423,97476 | 4979 | ||
Cesàrolite (*) | None | PbMn4+3O6(OH)2 | 1 | 97444 | 27 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 6 | 97423,97454,97462,97464,97469,97478 | 27198 | ||
Cheralite (*) | Monazite | CaTh(PO4)2 | 1 | 97444 | 50 | ||
Chlorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 97444 | 203 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 4 | 97417,97441,97445,97478 | 3902 | ||
Chrysoberyl (*) | Olivine | BeAl2O4 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 321 | ||
Chrysotile (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 4 | 97417,97441,97445,97469 | 951 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 4 | 97417,97441,97442,97444 | 1756 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 97442 | 1025 | ||
Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 2 | 97462,97478 | 966 | ||
Columbite-(Mn) (*) | Columbite | Mn2+Nb2O6 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 289 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 2 | 97417,97478 | 3846 | ||
Cordierite (*) | Beryl | Mg2Al4Si5O18 | 2 | 97444,97469 | 1008 | ||
Coronadite (*) | Coronadite | Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 1 | 97444 | 227 | ||
Corundum (*) | Corundum | Al2O3 | 1 | 97469 | 1797 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 2 | 97423,97469 | 4165 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 2 | 97462,97469 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 3 | 97454,97464,97469 | 9895 | ||
Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 97444 | 648 | ||
Dumortierite (*) | Dumortierite | AlAl6BSi3O18 | 1 | 97444 | 231 | ||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 2 | 97441,97445 | 944 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 4 | 97418,97420,97427,97441 | 8173 | ||
Ernienickelite (*) | None | NiMn4+3O7·3H2O | 1 | 97444 | 6 | ||
Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 97469 | 814 | ||
Fairfieldite (*) | Fairfieldite | Ca2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O | 1 | 97444 | 72 | ||
Ferrihydrite (*) | Nolanite | Fe3+10O14(OH)2 | 1 | 97423 | 86 | ||
Fersmite (*) | Columbite | CaNb2O6 | 1 | 97444 | 83 | ||
Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 2 | 97442,97444 | 2740 | ||
Fülöppite (*) | None | Pb3Sb8S15 | 1 | 97423 | 55 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 5 | 97423,97433,97462,97469,97476 | 24243 | ||
Godlevskite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 1 | 97417 | 40 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 4 | 97441,97445,97469,97476 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 6 | 97421,97441,97444,97462,97469,97478 | 30554 | ||
Gorceixite (*) | Alunite | BaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 | 1 | 97444 | 121 | ||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 97442 | 1544 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 2 | 97423,97469 | 6890 | ||
Heazlewoodite (*) | None | Ni3S2 | 2 | 97417,97478 | 205 | ||
Hedleyite (*) | Tetradymite | Bi7Te3 | 1 | 97421 | 104 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 3 | 97420,97441,97445 | 14640 | ||
Heteromorphite (*) | None | Pb7Sb8S19 | 1 | 97423 | 38 | ||
Hollandite (*) | Coronadite | Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 243 | ||
Holtite (*) | Dumortierite | (Ta0.6 0.4)Al6BSi3O18 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 6 | ||
Hörnesite (*) | Vivianite | Mg3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 97469 | 103 | ||
Hydroniumjarosite (*) | Alunite | (H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2 | 97423,97469 | 65 | ||
Hydroxylapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3OH | 1 | 97444 | 367 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 2 | 97418,97462 | 5433 | ||
Iron (*) | Iron | Fe | 1 | 97417 | 1089 | ||
Jamesonite (*) | None | Pb4FeSb6S14 | 1 | 97423 | 784 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 97469 | 2228 | ||
Jianshuiite (*) | None | MgMn4+3O7·3H2O | 1 | 97444 | 5 | ||
Kaňkite (*) | Kaňkite | Fe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O | 1 | 97469 | 38 | ||
Lepageite (*) | Not in a structural group | Mn2+3(Fe3+7Fe2+4)O3[Sb3+5As3+8O34] | 1 | 97444 | 1 | ||
Lithiophilite (*) | Olivine | LiMn2+(PO4) | 1 | 97444 | 155 | ||
Lizardite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 97417 | 359 | ||
Löllingite (*) | Löllingite | FeAs2 | 4 | 97454,97462,97464,97469 | 762 | ||
Magnesioferrite (*) | Spinel | MgFe3+2O4 | 1 | 97441 | 98 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 2 | 97441,97445 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 8 | 97417,97427,97441,97454,97462,97464,97469,97478 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 2 | 97423,97469 | 12537 | ||
Maldonite (*) | None | Au2Bi | 1 | 97462 | 88 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 1 | 97421 | 5674 | ||
Microcline (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 2 | 97441,97444 | 4924 | ||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 2 | 97417,97478 | 1066 | ||
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 1 | 97476 | 1107 | ||
Mitridatite (*) | Arseniosiderite | Ca2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O | 1 | 97444 | 129 | ||
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 1 | 97441 | 5800 | ||
Monazite-(Ce) (*) | Monazite | Ce(PO4) | 1 | 97444 | 945 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 3 | 97418,97441,97444 | 17380 | ||
Natrophilite (*) | Olivine | NaMn2+(PO4) | 1 | 97444 | 5 | ||
Népouite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 | 2 | 97441,97445 | 66 | ||
Niggliite (*) | Nickeline | PtSn | 1 | 97441 | 22 | ||
Nimite (*) | Chlorite Clay | (Ni,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8 | 3 | 97441,97442,97445 | 15 | ||
Nioboholtite (*) | Dumortierite | (Nb0.6 0.4)Al6BSi3O18 | 1 | 97444 | 1 | ||
Nontronite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Na0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 1 | 97444 | 471 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 5 | 97415,97438,97441,97442,97445 | 2994 | ||
Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 97469 | 2349 | ||
Palladium (*) | Copper | Pd | 1 | 97441 | 59 | ||
Paradocrasite (*) | None | Sb2(Sb,As)2 | 1 | 97444 | 6 | ||
Parafiniukite (*) | Apatite | Ca2Mn3(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 97446 | 1 | ||
Gersdorffite-Pa3 (*) | Pyrite | NiAsS | 2 | 97423,97462 | 767 | ||
Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 2 | 97417,97478 | 1512 | ||
Phosphohedyphane (*) | Apatite | Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 97444 | 71 | ||
Picropharmacolite (*) | None | Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O | 1 | 97469 | 99 | ||
Pieczkaite (*) | Apatite | Mn5(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 97444 | 2 | ||
Pilsenite (*) | Tetradymite | Bi4Te3 | 1 | 97421 | 57 | ||
Pitticite (*) | None | [Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?) | 2 | 97423,97469 | 140 | ||
Plagionite (*) | None | Pb5Sb8S17 | 1 | 97423 | 100 | ||
Platinum (*) | Copper | Pt | 1 | 97441 | 485 | ||
Plumbogummite (*) | Alunite | PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 | 1 | 97444 | 170 | ||
Pollucite (*) | Analcime | Cs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O | 1 | 97444 | 140 | ||
Powellite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(MoO4) | 1 | 97462 | 494 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 4 | 97420,97422,97442,97462 | 1898 | ||
Purpurite (*) | Olivine | Mn3+(PO4) | 1 | 97444 | 80 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 9 | 97420,97421,97423,97454,97462,97464,97469,97476,97478 | 39462 | ||
Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 97476 | 1725 | ||
Pyrope (*) | Garnet | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 97441 | 341 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 6 | 97421,97454,97462,97464,97469,97478 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 15 | 97418,97421,97423,97427,97429,97434,97437,97438,97440,97441,97444,97445,97462,97469,97476 | 61156 | ||
Ranciéite (*) | None | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O | 1 | 97444 | 177 | ||
Romanèchite (*) | None | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 312 | ||
Rucklidgeite (*) | Tetradymite | PbBi2Te4 | 1 | 97421 | 64 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 2 | 97441,97469 | 5614 | ||
Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 3 | 97441,97444,97445 | 301 | ||
Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 2 | 97462,97469 | 4894 | ||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 2 | 97441,97444 | 2705 | ||
Schwertmannite (*) | Coronadite | Fe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O | 1 | 97469 | 37 | ||
Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 2 | 97423,97469 | 1153 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 2 | 97441,97478 | 5186 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 97423 | 2473 | ||
Spessartine (*) | Garnet | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 1214 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 3 | 97423,97462,97469 | 21482 | ||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 1 | 97441 | 1934 | ||
Stevensite (*) | Clay | (Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2 | 2 | 97441,97445 | 57 | ||
Stibarsen (*) | Arsenic | SbAs | 1 | 97444 | 48 | ||
Stibiconite (*) | Pyrochlore | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) | 1 | 97423 | 446 | ||
Stibiocolumbite (*) | None | SbNbO4 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 13 | ||
Stibiotantalite (*) | None | Sb3+TaO4 | 1 | 97444 | 53 | ||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 3 | 97420,97421,97423 | 3418 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 1 | 97423 | 2045 | ||
Szklaryite (*) | Dumortierite | Al6BAs3+3O15 | 1 | 97444 | 1 | ||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 6 | 97420,97441,97442,97444,97445,97462 | 3337 | ||
Tantalite-(Mn) (*) | Columbite | Mn2+Ta2O6 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 211 | ||
Tellurobismuthite (*) | Tetradymite | Bi2Te3 | 1 | 97421 | 276 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 2 | 97423,97434 | 5317 | ||
Thorite (*) | Zircon | Th(SiO4) | 1 | 97427 | 1006 | ||
Thorutite (*) | Brannerite | (Th,U,Ca)Ti2(O,OH)6 | 1 | 97444 | 10 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 4 | 97421,97427,97462,97469 | 4899 | ||
Titanoholtite (*) | Dumortierite | (Ti0.75 0.25)Al6BSi3O18 | 1 | 97444 | 2 | ||
Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 1 | 97442 | 433 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 5 | 97441,97442,97445,97462,97469 | 2562 | ||
Trevorite (*) | Spinel | NiFe3+2O4 | 1 | 97441 | 17 | ||
Twinnite (*) | Sartorite | PbSbAsS4 | 1 | 97423 | 16 | ||
Uraninite (*) | Fluorite | UO2 | 2 | 97442,97444 | 2718 | ||
Vanadinite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl | 1 | 97476 | 605 | ||
Variscite (*) | None | Al(PO4)·2H2O | 1 | 97440 | 301 | ||
Varulite (*) | Alluaudite | Na2Mn(MnFe3+)(PO4)3 | 1 | 97444 | 15 | ||
Vermiculite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O | 1 | 97444 | 652 | ||
Wavellite (*) | Wavellite | Al3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O | 2 | 97440,97469 | 374 | ||
Xenotime-(Y) (*) | Zircon | Y(PO4) | 1 | 97444 | 939 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 4 | 97418,97441,97442,97444 | 5251 | ||
Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 97441 | 1025 |
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