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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Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 64402 | 8803 | ||
Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 4 | 64397,64401,64403,64405 | 966 | ||
Alunogen (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O | 1 | 64401 | 272 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 3250 | |||
Atacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 1 | 64395 | 544 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 2 | 64398,64405 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 9 | 64394,64395,64398,64399,64400,64401,64403,64405,64406 | 11547 | ||
Birnessite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O | 1 | 64394 | 178 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 2 | 64403,64405 | 5516 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 27770 | |||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 1 | 64403 | 4979 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1 | 64403 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 4 | 64395,64398,64403,64405 | 27198 | ||
Chlorargyrite (*) | Rocksalt | AgCl | 2 | 64395,64403 | 1382 | ||
Coronadite (*) | Coronadite | Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 1 | 64406 | 227 | ||
Cotunnite (*) | None | PbCl2 | 1 | 64405 | 54 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 2 | 64403,64405 | 4165 | ||
Cryptomelane (*) | Coronadite | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 | 1 | 64406 | 599 | ||
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 2 | 64403,64405 | 1027 | ||
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 2 | 64398,64405 | 910 | ||
Famatinite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3SbS4 | 1 | 64405 | 163 | ||
Ferro-glaucophane (*) | Amphibole | Na2(Fe2+3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 64402 | 26 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 4 | 64395,64398,64403,64405 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 2 | 64394,64403 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 2 | 64395,64403 | 30554 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 0 | 6890 | |||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 1 | 64395 | 14640 | ||
Hollandite (*) | Coronadite | Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 1 | 64406 | 243 | ||
Iodargyrite (*) | Wurtzite | AgI | 1 | 64403 | 180 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 64395 | 2228 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 3 | 64401,64403,64405 | 5591 | ||
Lawsonite (*) | Lawsonite | CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 64402 | 121 | ||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 1 | 64403 | 581 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 64397 | 1487 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 3 | 64395,64398,64405 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 2 | 64403,64405 | 5674 | ||
Metavoltine (*) | Metavoltine | K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O | 0 | 78 | |||
Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 1 | 64403 | 1508 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 6 | 64395,64401,64402,64403,64405,64406 | 17380 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 3 | 64395,64401,64403 | 2994 | ||
Paratacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6 | 1 | 64395 | 158 | ||
Pearceite (*) | Polybasite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7] | 1 | 64405 | 249 | ||
Polybasite (*) | Polybasite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7] | 1 | 64405 | 716 | ||
Proustite (*) | None | Ag3AsS3 | 1 | 64405 | 733 | ||
Pyrargyrite (*) | None | Ag3SbS3 | 1 | 64405 | 1425 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 5 | 64395,64398,64401,64403,64405 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 2 | 64394,64406 | 3106 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 7 | 64394,64395,64396,64398,64401,64403,64405 | 61156 | ||
Ramsdellite (*) | Ramsdellite | MnO2 | 2 | 64394,64406 | 88 | ||
Romanèchite (*) | None | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 | 1 | 64406 | 312 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 4 | 64395,64398,64403,64405 | 21482 | ||
Stilpnomelane (*) | Stilpnomelane Clay | (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O | 1 | 64402 | 456 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 5 | 64396,64397,64401,64405,64407 | 2045 | ||
Tamarugite (*) | Tamarugite | NaAl(SO4)2·6H2O | 1 | 64404 | 87 | ||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 2 | 64398,64405 | 1803 | ||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 1 | 64403 | 1101 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 3 | 64398,64403,64405 | 5317 | ||
Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 1 | 64406 | 433 | ||
Vernadite (*) | None | (Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O | 1 | 64406 | 65 | ||
Watanabeite (*) | None | Cu4(As,Sb)2S5 | 1 | 64405 | 7 |
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