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) | 3 | 22955,22978,23016 | 8803 | ||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 22986,23005 | 2353 | ||
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 23016 | 1534 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 3 | 22968,22978,22988 | 3092 | ||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 1 | 23016 | 1036 | ||
Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 1 | 23016 | 246 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 2 | 22961,23016 | 3250 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 2 | 22962,22969 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 3 | 22978,22990,23016 | 11547 | ||
Bavenite (*) | None | Ca4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1) | 1 | 22986 | 255 | ||
Bertrandite (*) | Not in a structural group | Be4Si2O7(OH)2 | 1 | 22986 | 606 | ||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 1 | 22986 | 4286 | ||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 23016 | 1633 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 15 | 22961,22962,22964,22968,22969,22972,22978,22980,22984,22988,22990,23002,23005,23014,23016 | 27770 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 1 | 22990 | 4979 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1 | 22962 | 5707 | ||
Chalcophanite (*) | None | ZnMn4+3O7·3H2O | 1 | 22990 | 197 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 3 | 22958,22968,22978 | 27198 | ||
Chloritoid (*) | Chloritoid | Fe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2 | 2 | 22973,22986 | 376 | ||
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 6 | 22962,22964,22965,22966,22968,22990 | 2600 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 22986 | 1025 | ||
Copiapite (*) | Copiapite | Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 1 | 23016 | 382 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 4 | 22958,22969,22981,22990 | 3846 | ||
Cristobalite (*) | Cristobalite | SiO2 | 1 | 23016 | 453 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 4 | 22958,22969,22981,22990 | 2970 | ||
Djurleite (*) | None | Cu31S16 | 2 | 22958,22981 | 300 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 5 | 22958,22968,22978,22980,23016 | 9895 | ||
Ferrierite-Mg (*) | Ferrierite | [Mg2(K,Na)2Ca0.5](Si29Al7)O72·18H2O | 1 | 23016 | 34 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 1 | 22990 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 3 | 22980,23008,23016 | 7437 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 4 | 22984,23005,23014,23016 | 6890 | ||
Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1 | 23016 | 409 | ||
Harmotome (*) | Harmotome | Ba2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O | 1 | 23016 | 290 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 5 | 22955,22973,22988,22994,23010 | 14640 | ||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 22990 | 1689 | ||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 1 | 22990 | 1066 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 1 | 23016 | 5433 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 23014 | 2228 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 23005 | 5591 | ||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 2 | 22980,23008 | 581 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 22958 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 3 | 22955,22973,22988 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 6 | 22958,22962,22968,22969,22990,23016 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 1 | 22984 | 5674 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 23016 | 915 | ||
Meta-autunite (*) | Meta-autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O | 1 | 22986 | 388 | ||
Metauranocircite-I (*) | None | Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O | 1 | 22986 | 38 | ||
Metauranopilite (*) | None | (UO2)6(SO4)(OH)10·5H2O | 1 | 22986 | 5 | ||
Monazite-(Ce) (*) | Monazite | Ce(PO4) | 1 | 23005 | 945 | ||
Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 1 | 22973 | 1508 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 4 | 22975,22980,22986,23005 | 17380 | ||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 1 | 23016 | 1236 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 23016 | 2994 | ||
Phenakite (*) | Phenakite | Be2(SiO4) | 1 | 22986 | 326 | ||
Platinum (*) | Copper | Pt | 1 | 22999 | 485 | ||
Pseudobrookite (*) | Pseudobrookite | (Fe3+2Ti)O5 | 1 | 23016 | 164 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 7 | 22958,22968,22978,23005,23008,23014,23016 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 1 | 22980 | 3106 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 15 | 22958,22964,22966,22968,22969,22975,22978,22980,22981,22986,22988,22990,23005,23008,23016 | 61156 | ||
Ranciéite (*) | None | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O | 1 | 22961 | 177 | ||
Romanèchite (*) | None | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 | 1 | 22980 | 312 | ||
Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 22990 | 454 | ||
Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 1 | 23014 | 293 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 1 | 23005 | 5614 | ||
Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 23016 | 301 | ||
Sepiolite (*) | Sepiolite Clay | Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O | 1 | 23016 | 241 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 4 | 22975,23005,23008,23016 | 6417 | ||
Slavíkite (*) | Not in a structural group | (H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O | 1 | 23014 | 44 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 22990 | 2473 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 3 | 22978,22990,23005 | 21482 | ||
Spionkopite (*) | None | Cu39S28 | 2 | 22958,22981 | 73 | ||
Spodumene (*) | Pyroxene | LiAlSi2O6 | 1 | 22986 | 688 | ||
Staurolite (*) | Staurolite | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) | 1 | 22986 | 978 | ||
Stibiconite (*) | Pyrochlore | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) | 1 | 22962 | 446 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 2 | 22962,22968 | 5317 | ||
Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 1 | 22961 | 433 | ||
Uraninite (*) | Fluorite | UO2 | 1 | 22986 | 2718 | ||
Vivianite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 23012 | 636 | ||
Xenotime-(Y) (*) | Zircon | Y(PO4) | 1 | 22986 | 939 | ||
Yarrowite (*) | None | Cu9S8 | 2 | 22958,22981 | 70 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 2 | 22986,23005 | 5251 |
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