Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Alabama, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 16136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alabama, USA": 4718
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4485

Number of Child Localities: 66
Child Localities:
Autauga Co.
Baldwin Co.
Barbour Co.
Bibb Co.
Blount Co.
Bullock Co.
Butler Co.
Calhoun Co.
Chambers Co.
Cherokee Co.
Chilton Co.
Choctaw Co.
Clarke Co.
Clay Co.
Cleburne Co.
Coffee Co.
Colbert Co.
Conecuh Co.
Coosa Co.
Covington Co.
Crenshaw Co.
Dale Co.
Dallas Co.
De Kalb Co.
Elmore Co.
Escambia Co.
Etowah Co.
Fayette Co.
Franklin Co.
Geneva Co.
Greene Co.
Hale Co.
Henry Co.
Houston Co.
Jackson Co.
Jefferson Co.
Lamar Co.
Lauderdale Co.
Lawrence Co.
Lee Co.
Limestone Co.
Lowndes Co.
Macon Co.
Madison Co.
Marengo Co.
Marion Co.
Marshall Co.
Mobile Co.
Monroe Co.
Montgomery Co.
Morgan Co.
Perry Co.
Pickens Co.
Pike Co.
Randolph Co.
Russell Co.
Shelby Co.
St. Clair Co.
Sumter Co.
Talladega Co.
Tallapoosa Co.
Tuscaloosa Co.
Walker Co.
Washington Co.
Wilcox Co.
Winston Co.

Latitude: 32°51'56"N
Longitude: 86°38'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.865555555556,-86.641666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthurite
AtacamiteAuricuprideAutuniteBaryteBerauniteBerylBismutiteBoraciteBrochantiteCalcite
CarminiteCeriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteDanburiteDiamondDiasporeDufréniteEnargite
EpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHilgarditeHureauliteIron
KaoliniteLaueiteLazuliteLepidocrociteLeucophosphiteLipscombiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeta-autunite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePharmacosideritePhosphosideritePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScacchiteScheeliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStewartiteStibniteStrunziteSulphurTalcTitanite
TopazTourmalineTridymiteTripliteTurquoiseVesuvianiteVivianiteWavelliteWurtziteZircon

186 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beidellite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Boracite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Danburite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Eleonorite  (*)Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Evansite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorwavellite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Ginorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gorceixite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Halloysite-7Å  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Hilgardite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laueite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lawrencite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Merrillite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Nimite  (*)Niter  (*)
Nitratine  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Planerite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Schwertmannite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tinticite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Troilite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Variscite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Volkovskite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Wodginite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zaratite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)239039019125608,125621,125649,125658,125779,125825,126047,126048,126051,126108,126109,127998,128479,128505,128518,128529,128530,128531,1285453419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12125137,125604,126036,126063,126086,126109,126591,127990,127999,128000,128002,1284758803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1125213470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)34125593,125627,128036,1285722353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22124063,1270782162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO54125686,126053,128568,1285851310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)7125568,125569,128013,128016,128019,128022,1280242734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2125491,1254931588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211279883092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)3125137,126702,1276831036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)226125118,125124,125150,128486,128487,128506,128518,128521,128522,128523,128524,128525,128526,128529,128530,128531,128533,128534,128535,128537,128538,128539,128540,128544,128545,128546718
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41125825246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2127591,1275943250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O34125568,128013,128016,128018231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29125418,125568,125569,125571,125572,125575,125579,125580,125741,125825,128013,128014,128015,128016,128017,128018,128019,128021,128022,128024,128025,128027,128028,128029,128030,128507,128548,128559,1285689052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O65125116,125608,126047,127540,1276832060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11260631272
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe1126503166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24125500,125567,125825,1282135509
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2112611443
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)73124409,124411,124412,124413,124414,124423,124434,124437,124798,124799,124802,124814,124815,124816,124817,124819,124820,124821,124822,124823,124824,124825,124826,124827,124828,124829,124830,124831,124832,124833,124834,124835,124836,124837,124842,124853,124889,125184,125205,125592,125672,125806,125807,125808,126621,126622,126623,126624,126625,126626,127405,127420,127421,127523,127593,128162,128165,128203,128204,128206,128207,128208,128209,128210,128211,128212,128216,128217,128218,128219,128284,128507,12859711547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O112657085
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O2126086,12611455
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1839039023125130,125584,125585,125590,125658,125782,125783,125822,125824,125826,126041,126042,126054,126062,126063,126086,126087,126090,126114,127988,128072,128092,1284834286
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1126114178
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2125500,1256491966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311255001935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1125500716
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl2125479,12549157
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611258251633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O12124891,124926,125158,125205,125206,125247,125255,126086,126114,128142,128231,128661280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25124409,124411,124414,124423,124437,124836,124851,125191,127327,127351,127361,127364,127403,127428,127535,127564,127567,127591,127594,127599,128162,128230,128277,128306,12836027770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)25125568,128016,128018,128019,128022178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO238125584,125979,125980,125981,125982,125983,125989,126012,126054,126055,126056,126057,126059,126060,126061,126063,126065,126066,126067,126068,126069,126070,126071,126072,126073,126074,126075,126076,126077,126078,126079,126080,126081,126082,126083,126084,126086,1260885171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)3124405,127591,1275941252
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4125648,125684,125825,125993925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3903904125608,125658,125684,1258255707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS241124794,124814,124819,124842,125418,125500,125568,125569,125608,125648,125650,125651,125652,125658,125659,125663,125664,125666,125667,125684,125725,125726,125744,125773,125790,125804,125823,125825,126033,126092,128013,128014,128016,128024,128030,128230,128306,128507,128548,128568,12858127198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81127327577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)22125135,125773376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412125124,125909,126483,126702,127553,128518,128522,128524,128529,128530,128546,1285823902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2125608,1276103531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O4125205,125206,125255,12858270
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4125153,125440,125608,1260471025
Copper  (*)CopperCu3903905125412,125658,125825,127988,1283623846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O317125124,125972,125986,125990,126054,128475,128505,128518,128522,128527,128530,128539,128540,128541,128542,128543,1285461797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6125608,125658,125663,125664,125825,1284904165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)620123976,124583,125467,125478,126296,126463,126479,126577,127065,127071,127572,127578,127599,127657,127664,127682,127685,128128,128276,128681310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO22125478,127576453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162125611,126114599
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22125440,126047327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11258252970
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O81125491148
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S42127519,128668157
Diamond  (*)DiamondC4127517,127526,128199,128232697
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41127583651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611276834135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)229124473,124485,124486,124502,124798,124813,124847,124881,125235,125236,125238,125793,125909,127357,127410,127413,127424,127439,127442,127518,127567,127591,127594,128162,128296,128314,128330,128359,1286579895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1126107648
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O5125158,125205,125206,125247,125255139
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O11124891,124926,125158,125205,125206,125247,125255,126086,128141,128142,12866151
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41128306910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O626125118,125124,125137,125151,125758,126030,126036,126483,127683,128475,128486,128506,128518,128521,128522,128524,128526,128528,128529,128530,128531,128535,128537,128539,128540,128544944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39039014125118,125127,125441,125476,125608,125658,125779,125972,127535,127538,127540,127670,128485,1285758173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O5125467,125477,126591,128518,128670484
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O2128152,12815356
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)1126114108
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF216124414,124423,124437,124814,124836,124842,125135,125169,125191,126689,127421,127567,127571,127591,127594,1285079617
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O2125158,12610326
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11259091188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39039037124798,124814,124819,124831,124836,124838,124839,124840,124841,124842,124843,124869,124889,124918,125097,125104,125105,125208,125563,125569,125575,125649,125658,125825,127414,127616,128013,128014,128016,128017,128018,128019,128022,128024,128030,128218,12858124243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)325124063,124064,124065,124066,124085,124401,124849,124865,124892,124907,125121,125145,125146,125147,125149,125251,125617,125917,126507,126566,127079,127080,127536,128224,128338504
Ginorite  (*)NoneCa2B14O20(OH)6·5H2O112549111
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)105124045,124099,124122,124417,124418,124420,124437,124453,124468,124485,124486,124488,124497,124591,124796,124846,124847,124849,124850,124883,124905,124913,125131,125205,125235,125236,125251,125444,125452,125608,125656,125677,125761,125762,125764,125766,125827,125910,125921,125922,126037,126116,126305,126310,126637,126715,126716,126717,126718,126719,126720,126721,126722,126723,126724,126739,126741,127008,127074,127247,127356,127357,127420,127503,127504,127573,127688,128142,128143,128156,128160,128171,128179,128180,128200,128201,128285,128294,128301,128302,128312,128313,128314,128323,128325,128326,128330,128341,128348,128355,128359,128367,128374,128379,128461,128462,128598,128604,128605,128607,128609,128610,128618,128659,1286617437
Gold  (*)CopperAu150125413,125418,125419,125420,125421,125428,125456,125458,125466,125565,125568,125569,125571,125572,125573,125577,125578,125579,125611,125612,125613,125615,125616,125618,125619,125620,125622,125623,125624,125625,125626,125627,125628,125629,125630,125631,125633,125634,125693,125729,125731,125732,125733,125734,125735,125736,125737,125738,125739,125740,125741,125742,125743,125745,125746,125747,125748,125749,125750,125751,125752,125753,125754,125755,125756,125761,125763,125765,125767,125768,125769,125771,125772,125781,125816,125988,125996,125997,125998,126003,126004,126009,126010,126032,126584,127579,127608,127992,128004,128015,128016,128018,128020,128021,128022,128023,128025,128026,128027,128029,128030,128035,128050,128053,128072,128096,128122,128306,128343,128345,128346,128347,128478,128490,128491,128492,128493,128494,128495,128497,128498,128499,128500,128501,128502,128507,128510,128511,128512,128513,128514,128515,128516,128548,128549,128550,128551,128552,128553,128554,128556,128558,128559,128560,128561,128562,128563,128564,128565,12856830554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)68124063,125205,125255,126465,126466,126467,126468,126469121
Graphite  (*)NoneC54125464,125507,125512,125513,125515,125516,125517,125518,125519,125520,125521,125522,125523,125524,125528,125529,125531,125532,125533,125534,125536,125537,125540,125541,125542,125544,125545,125546,125547,125548,125550,125554,125585,125611,125622,125627,125740,125760,125791,125816,125909,125992,126015,126017,126018,126020,126029,126033,126035,126106,126110,127538,127539,1285692812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)43125568,128016,12801861
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311275381544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20123980,124475,125471,125472,125486,125491,125901,125941,126715,127305,127567,127597,127647,127648,127687,128142,128282,128568,128661,1286746890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl9125480,125481,125483,125490,125493,128672,128673,128677,1286861398
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4112651052
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O2125988,127586409
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61126047741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3390390103124063,124435,124451,124468,124489,124499,124504,124562,124899,124920,124923,125128,125188,125189,125205,125214,125219,125233,125256,125273,125494,126489,126490,126498,126499,126512,126514,126516,126517,126520,126522,126523,126567,126568,126569,126571,126573,126574,126575,126596,126601,126602,126603,126606,126607,126608,126609,126610,126612,126613,126617,126634,126636,126640,126642,126644,126658,126662,126663,126664,126666,126680,126683,126684,127306,127319,127327,127329,127330,127332,127333,127334,127335,127336,127338,127341,127351,127358,127359,127361,127364,127403,127404,127445,127617,128149,128150,128221,128222,128236,128238,128239,128275,128289,128290,128320,128359,128369,128472,128475,128595,128603,12865814640
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)2126086,126114204
Hilgardite  (*)HilgarditeCa2B5O9Cl·H2O112549113
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O167125177,125203,125218,125267,125611,125678,125801243
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O1126114125
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O314123993,125148,125560,125656,125779,125782,125816,125909,126702,127667,127670,128064,128124,1285615433
Iron  (*)IronFe7125474,125760,125909,126483,127519,127553,1276831089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31127553191
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62125205,1286612228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4107123981,123985,124063,124066,124099,124468,124476,124849,124867,125121,125145,125146,125147,125155,125251,125556,125557,125559,125584,125585,125586,125587,125589,125590,125596,125609,125617,125636,125640,125642,125643,125673,125674,125679,125680,125682,125778,125784,125789,125905,125907,125917,126023,126038,126042,126044,126064,126470,126506,126507,126578,126591,126695,127003,127078,127406,127494,127495,127536,127606,127609,127610,127664,128009,128010,128032,128038,128039,128042,128047,128049,128055,128063,128066,128067,128068,128071,128074,128075,128078,128079,128080,128081,128082,128084,128085,128086,128091,128094,128098,128099,128104,128121,128132,128224,128470,128471,128484,128504,128517,128519,128532,128536,128570,128597,128601,1286645591
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)5124926,125158,125205,125206,12525553
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO431125429,125436,125441,125454,125476,125590,125594,125646,125773,125782,125783,125785,125786,125787,125788,125789,125813,125815,125816,126053,127532,127534,127667,127670,128034,128064,128076,128083,128489,128573,1285861507
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2126086,12611470
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2125143,1251531271
Lawrencite  (*)ScacchiteFeCl22124505,12766030
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1124063581
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O2125205,126114110
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2112611447
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)28124857,125177,125218,125267,125401,125611,125678,126063210
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3125491,125909,1285061487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O436124794,124847,125117,125127,125137,125140,125148,125429,125510,125585,125611,125675,125697,125773,125774,125779,125825,125909,126036,126096,126097,126483,126654,127683,128036,128062,128306,128320,128335,128340,128359,128369,128460,128518,128527,12857814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28125567,125664,125668,125773,125825,128229,128230,12850712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)6124099,124794,125154,126679,126685,126687770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210124437,125660,125825,126482,127066,128277,128478,128495,128507,1285615674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)21128582168
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O4125467,125477,126591,128669915
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71127683230
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1126086388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)13125558,126043,126063,126086,126089,126580,127527,127549,128002,128088,128536,128571,1285754924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23125500,125972,1275485800
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)1127683153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O16123981,124044,124436,125473,125478,125488,126484,127573,127575,127601,127602,127630,127651,128282,128614,1286871508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2390390160124063,124405,125412,125436,125464,125512,125519,125520,125550,125556,125557,125559,125561,125574,125583,125584,125585,125586,125587,125588,125589,125590,125596,125599,125600,125603,125605,125609,125610,125622,125627,125636,125639,125640,125642,125643,125644,125645,125647,125655,125658,125673,125674,125679,125680,125681,125682,125720,125722,125778,125782,125784,125789,125816,125988,125992,126015,126017,126022,126023,126027,126038,126042,126044,126054,126063,126064,126087,126695,127494,127495,127520,127538,127539,127545,127550,127576,127989,127993,127994,127995,127996,128009,128010,128011,128012,128032,128033,128034,128036,128038,128039,128040,128042,128044,128045,128046,128047,128049,128054,128056,128057,128060,128063,128064,128066,128067,128068,128070,128071,128072,128073,128074,128075,128076,128077,128078,128079,128080,128081,128082,128083,128084,128085,128086,128088,128090,128091,128092,128093,128094,128095,128097,128098,128099,128100,128104,128120,128121,128127,128277,128282,128482,128484,128504,128507,128517,128519,128532,128536,128561,128568,128570,128573,128574,128580,128583,128597,128601,12866417380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O2125158,12520546
Nimite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Ni,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8112549115
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)11125108,125109,125110,127318,127322,127515,127565,127568,127622,127681,128693181
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)2125108,12768191
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O2125514,126465471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3125649,125939,1281422994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4125646,125782,126591,1275272349
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22125816,128475247
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61125500158
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3125568,128016,128018428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23125491,127518,1275252273
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O4125205,126086,126087,126114182
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O63125116,126702,127517303
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)3125568,128016,128018140
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O112559243
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211251431898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS268124063,124825,124842,125137,125205,125418,125431,125456,125512,125585,125598,125641,125645,125648,125650,125651,125652,125658,125659,125662,125663,125664,125666,125667,125684,125698,125729,125731,125762,125790,125804,125817,125825,125980,125988,125991,125992,126004,126009,126037,126063,126482,126518,127548,127584,127591,127594,128013,128016,128020,128027,128053,128078,128091,128162,128277,128306,128343,128346,128360,128495,128502,128507,128548,128559,128561,128568,12857039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO248124099,124578,124579,124580,124861,124896,124910,124927,125103,125154,125180,125204,125205,125210,125225,125226,125229,125230,125243,125255,125399,125437,125614,125617,125632,125670,125677,125678,125699,125700,125714,125810,125811,125816,126091,126620,126653,126654,126657,126679,126681,126685,126686,127325,128227,128274,128461,1286553106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812125652,125726,125744,125804,125825,125909,127535,127548,128013,128507,128561,1285689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2314123981,123983,123987,123988,123989,124063,124405,124481,124794,124881,124904,125116,125120,125125,125128,125129,125130,125131,125133,125134,125136,125142,125145,125146,125147,125152,125167,125168,125170,125205,125215,125257,125405,125413,125418,125419,125421,125428,125431,125438,125458,125466,125484,125487,125491,125494,125519,125556,125557,125559,125563,125565,125568,125571,125572,125573,125575,125578,125583,125584,125586,125587,125589,125590,125592,125594,125596,125600,125603,125609,125610,125611,125616,125618,125628,125636,125639,125640,125642,125643,125644,125645,125648,125652,125655,125670,125673,125674,125679,125680,125682,125720,125722,125729,125731,125732,125734,125737,125738,125740,125741,125743,125745,125746,125747,125748,125749,125751,125752,125753,125761,125763,125767,125778,125781,125783,125784,125785,125786,125788,125789,125816,125972,125988,125989,125992,125997,125998,126003,126004,126032,126038,126042,126044,126063,126090,126113,126295,126464,126471,126478,126589,126594,126645,126746,127064,127069,127248,127302,127303,127304,127316,127317,127324,127351,127359,127361,127364,127403,127428,127509,127513,127517,127540,127544,127545,127550,127552,127554,127555,127570,127584,127589,127590,127605,127606,127611,127612,127626,127629,127632,127633,127634,127637,127639,127640,127641,127642,127650,127652,127655,127668,127670,127989,127992,127993,127995,128010,128011,128012,128013,128015,128016,128018,128021,128023,128024,128025,128027,128029,128030,128032,128033,128034,128035,128036,128038,128039,128040,128042,128044,128045,128046,128047,128049,128050,128060,128063,128066,128067,128068,128070,128071,128072,128073,128074,128075,128076,128077,128078,128079,128080,128081,128082,128084,128085,128086,128088,128090,128091,128092,128094,128095,128097,128098,128099,128100,128104,128121,128122,128127,128131,128150,128162,128165,128205,128281,128282,128283,128306,128343,128346,128347,128463,128470,128471,128475,128482,128484,128490,128493,128494,128495,128500,128502,128504,128507,128510,128511,128512,128513,128514,128516,128519,128532,128536,128548,128550,128552,128559,128560,128561,128564,128565,128568,128570,128572,128574,128586,128595,128598,128623,128656,12867861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11244371711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2125611,125632969
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)59124891,124926,125205,125206,125255,126086,126114,128142,128231206
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217125464,125516,125517,125519,125520,125521,125522,125524,125611,125791,125992,126015,126017,126049,126110,126111,126112253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212125128,125131,125134,125142,125429,125476,125816,125972,127667,127670,128064,1280725614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11285684894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3903903125494,125972,1279882705
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P5124505,125474,127519,127553,128668374
Schwertmannite  (*)CoronaditeFe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O112650337
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O8125568,125569,128016,128018,128019,128022,128024,1280271153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11124045,124063,124099,126305,126310,126715,126737,126738,127988,128617,1286616417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO515125429,125441,125512,125646,125656,125791,126034,126040,126585,127527,127532,127539,127546,127988,1284891516
Silver  (*)CopperAg2126003,1283475186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2124814,1248412473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33125611,126049,1261071214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS31124414,124437,124814,124836,124840,124841,124842,124843,124889,124918,125104,125208,125568,125569,125648,125659,125663,125664,125666,125667,125726,125825,128014,128016,128019,128022,128024,128027,128030,128548,12856821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O47125117,125118,125124,125476,125825,127683,1285181934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61126063688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)9125476,125656,125773,125805,126034,126588,127670,128043,128102978
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2126086,12611448
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O8124891,124926,125158,125205,125206,125247,125255,128142263
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2127591,127594589
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O2126086,12611498
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5124437,128065,128557,128561,1285682045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1125491275
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)112549187
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)6125474,125909,126483,126503,127519,127683703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)235125124,125150,125491,125494,125715,125825,127988,128469,128470,128471,128486,128487,128506,128518,128521,128522,128523,128524,128526,128527,128529,128530,128531,128533,128534,128535,128537,128538,128539,128540,128544,128545,128546,128582,1285863337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3903902125494,1258251101
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O112520519
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3125646,127540,1282774899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F24125476,126054,126055,1260631476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)28125608,125779,127525,127998,128505,128506,128537,1285402562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21126702458
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)1126114313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F1126086233
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS10124505,125474,125760,125909,126483,126702,127519,127553,127683,1286681044
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O5125592,125622,125627,125773,126113484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1125205301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O3903909125494,128506,128518,128522,128530,128537,128540,128545,128664652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011254761395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2126063,128618636
Volkovskite  (*)NoneKCa4B22O32(OH)10Cl·4H2O11254919
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O11124891,124926,125158,125205,125243,125247,125592,126113,128220,128226,128231374
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8112606378
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2125148,127547939
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O112851856
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)7123977,125148,125476,126063,127631,127667,1276705251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3903907125608,125658,125779,126047,127540,127549,1279981025


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-01008390390Early-Middle Devonian       S176657Pyriton Area, Pyriton District, Clay Co., Alabama, USAPyritonMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060424Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060424

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