Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Birdsboro, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 195666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birdsboro, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gickerville (Gibralter)
Hay Creek

Latitude: 40°15'27"N
Longitude: 75°50'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.2575,-75.8375
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: Al As B C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleApophylliteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteGadoliniteLöllingite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePerovskitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteSkutterudite
StilbiteThomsoniteTitaniteVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Datolite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Okenite  (*)Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Stellerite  (*)Stilbite-Na  (*)Tenorite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3262512,262513,2625159052
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1262512161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3262512,262513,26251527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126251227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12625133531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1262512966
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1262512498
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3262512,262513,262515814
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2262512,262513303
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O3262512,262513,2625151271
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2262512,2625131236
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O126251271
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12625122994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1262512363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22262512,2625131898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126251239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126251261156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21262512375
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21262512317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31262512531
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1262512189
Stilbite-Na  (*)StilbiteNa9(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O126251315
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12625131101
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O2262512,262515452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12625124899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...