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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Afwillite (*) | Spurrite-Afwillite | Ca3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O | 0 | 41 | |||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 0 | 8803 | |||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 0 | 1627 | |||
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 0 | 1534 | |||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 0 | 1036 | |||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 3250 | |||
Armalcolite (*) | Pseudobrookite | (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 | 0 | 39 | |||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 0 | 2060 | |||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 0 | 11547 | |||
Brownmillerite (*) | Brownmillerite Perovskite | Ca2Fe3+AlO5 | 0 | 21 | |||
Brucite (*) | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 | 0 | 462 | |||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 27770 | |||
Chabazite-Ca (*) | Chabazite | Ca2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O | 0 | 310 | |||
Chabazite-Na (*) | Chabazite | (Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O | 0 | 66 | |||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 0 | 5707 | |||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 0 | 27198 | |||
Chlormayenite (*) | Mayenite | Ca12Al14O32[ 4Cl2] | 0 | 19 | |||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 0 | 3531 | |||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 0 | 3846 | |||
Cordierite (*) | Beryl | Mg2Al4Si5O18 | 0 | 1008 | |||
Corundum (*) | Corundum | Al2O3 | 0 | 1797 | |||
Cristobalite (*) | Cristobalite | SiO2 | 0 | 453 | |||
Cryptomelane (*) | Coronadite | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 | 0 | 599 | |||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 0 | 4135 | |||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 0 | 9895 | |||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 0 | 944 | |||
Ettringite (*) | Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O | 0 | 93 | |||
Fayalite (*) | Olivine | Fe2+2(SiO4) | 0 | 371 | |||
Ferrosilite (*) | Pyroxene | Fe2+2Si2O6 | 0 | 84 | |||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 0 | 24243 | |||
Gehlenite (*) | Melilite | Ca2Al(SiAl)O7 | 0 | 114 | |||
Gismondine (*) | Gismondine | Ca2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O | 0 | 128 | |||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 0 | 7437 | |||
Gonnardite (*) | Natrolite | (Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O | 0 | 167 | |||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 0 | 2812 | |||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 0 | 1544 | |||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 0 | 6890 | |||
Haüyne (*) | Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite | Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) | 0 | 158 | |||
Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 0 | 741 | |||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 0 | 14640 | |||
Hercynite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Al2O4 | 0 | 407 | |||
Huntite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaMg3(CO3)4 | 0 | 69 | |||
Hydrocalumite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O | 0 | 30 | |||
Hydrotalcite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Mg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4 | 0 | 87 | |||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 0 | 5433 | |||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 2228 | |||
Kalsilite (*) | None | KAlSiO4 | 0 | 49 | |||
Klöchite (*) | Milarite | (Fe2+Fe3+) 2KZn3(Si12O30) | 0 | 1 | |||
Larnite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca2(SiO4) | 0 | 48 | |||
Leucite (*) | Analcime | K(AlSi2O6) | 0 | 233 | |||
Magnesiochromite (*) | Spinel | MgCr2O4 | 0 | 311 | |||
Magnesioferrite (*) | Spinel | MgFe3+2O4 | 0 | 98 | |||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 0 | 1487 | |||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 0 | 14899 | |||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 0 | 12537 | |||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 0 | 5674 | |||
Merrihueite (*) | Milarite | (K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mg)5Si12O30 | 0 | 4 | |||
Mesolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O | 0 | 425 | |||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 0 | 1066 | |||
Monazite-(Ce) (*) | Monazite | Ce(PO4) | 0 | 945 | |||
Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 0 | 1508 | |||
Mottramite (*) | Descloizite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) | 0 | 362 | |||
Mullite (*) | None | Al4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4) | 0 | 78 | |||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 17380 | |||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 0 | 1236 | |||
Nepheline (*) | Tridymite | Na3K(Al4Si4O16) | 0 | 884 | |||
Nontronite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Na0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 0 | 471 | |||
Offretite (*) | Not in a structural group | KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O | 0 | 146 | |||
Okenite (*) | None | Ca10Si18O46·18H2O | 0 | 71 | |||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 0 | 2994 | |||
Paranatrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O | 0 | 19 | |||
Periclase (*) | Rocksalt | MgO | 0 | 114 | |||
Perovskite (*) | Perovskite | CaTiO3 | 0 | 495 | |||
Phillipsite-Ca (*) | Harmotome | Ca3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O | 0 | 75 | |||
Plombièrite (*) | Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O) | 0 | 28 | |||
Pseudobrookite (*) | Pseudobrookite | (Fe3+2Ti)O5 | 0 | 164 | |||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 0 | 39462 | |||
Pyroaurite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Mg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O | 0 | 89 | |||
Pyrope (*) | Garnet | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 | 0 | 341 | |||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 0 | 9056 | |||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 0 | 61156 | |||
Ranciéite (*) | None | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O | 0 | 177 | |||
Rankinite (*) | None | Ca3Si2O7 | 0 | 25 | |||
Rhodesite (*) | Rhodesite | KHCa2Si8O19·5H2O | 0 | 11 | |||
Roedderite (*) | Milarite | KNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O30 | 0 | 30 | |||
Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 0 | 293 | |||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 0 | 5614 | |||
Sanidine (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 0 | 598 | |||
Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 0 | 301 | |||
Sekaninaite (*) | Beryl | Fe2+2Al4Si5O18 | 0 | 35 | |||
Sharyginite (*) | Brownmillerite Perovskite | Ca3TiFe2O8 | 0 | 7 | |||
Shulamitite (*) | Perovskite Brownmillerite | Ca3TiFe3+AlO8 | 0 | 7 | |||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 0 | 6417 | |||
Sodalite (*) | Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl | 0 | 444 | |||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 0 | 1934 | |||
Srebrodolskite (*) | Brownmillerite Perovskite | Ca2Fe3+2O5 | 0 | 25 | |||
Strontianite (*) | Aragonite | Sr(CO3) | 0 | 589 | |||
Szomolnokite (*) | Kieserite | Fe(SO4)·H2O | 0 | 139 | |||
Tacharanite (*) | None | Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36 | 0 | 47 | |||
Thaumasite (*) | Ettringite | Ca3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O | 0 | 183 | |||
Thomsonite-Ca (*) | Thomsonite | NaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O | 0 | 452 | |||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 0 | 4899 | |||
Tobermorite (*) | Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O) | 0 | 114 | |||
Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 0 | 433 | |||
Tridymite (*) | Tridymite | SiO2 | 0 | 458 | |||
Vertumnite (*) | None | Ca4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3H2O | 0 | 8 | |||
Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 0 | 1247 | |||
Xenotime-(Y) (*) | Zircon | Y(PO4) | 0 | 939 | |||
Ye'elimite (*) | None | Ca4Al6O12(SO4) | 0 | 11 | |||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 0 | 5251 |
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