Mineral Evolution Database

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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.

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Wavellite

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Turquoise Wavellite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	280193	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	280186	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	280185	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	280185,280281	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	280187	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	280193	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	20	280196,280197,280198,280199,280200,280201,280202,280203,280204,280205,280206,280249,280250,280251,280252,280255,280256,280278,280292,280301	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	280186,280193	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	280193,280285	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	280218,280233	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	280193,280234,280250,280251,280252	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	280233	77
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	280185,280207	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	280193	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	280193	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	280185	1797
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	280185	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	5	280220,280222,280234,280236,280262	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	280193	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	280186	1027
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	280234	220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	280186,280193,280250,280284	8173
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	280185	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	280185,280211,280259	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	280209,280234	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	280279	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	280185	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	280185,280193,280198,280211,280234,280255,280259,280263	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	280193	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	280193,280234,280274	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	280296	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	280185	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	280185,280297,280299	1507
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	280234	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	280185,280186,280193,280263,280274,280279	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	280193,280234,280250	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	280193	770
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	280193,280274,280284	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	280185,280193,280196,280197,280199,280200,280206,280274,280280,280281	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	280193	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	280185,280297,280299	247
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	280234	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	280193,280198,280205,280209,280211,280234,280252,280279	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	7	280220,280234,280251,280253,280255,280256,280262	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	280279	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	280185,280188,280193,280194,280196,280198,280209,280220,280234,280274,280281,280295,280299	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	280185,280193,280275,280279	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	280193	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	280185	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	3	280184,280185,280297	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	280288	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	280193	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	280193	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	280234	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	280283	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050554	Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell Co., Virginia, USA	https://rruff.info/R050554

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