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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Acanthite (*) | Acanthite | Ag2S | 1 | 60582 | 2793 | ||
Adamite (*) | Andalusite | Zn2(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 60582 | 254 | ||
Akaganeite (*) | Coronadite | (Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O | 1 | 60582 | 63 | ||
Åkermanite (*) | Melilite | Ca2MgSi2O7 | 1 | 60582 | 50 | ||
Alum-(K) (*) | Alum | KAl(SO4)2·12H2O | 1 | 60582 | 92 | ||
Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 966 | ||
Anandite (*) | Mica Clay | BaFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10S(OH) | 1 | 60582 | 5 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 60582 | 2734 | ||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 1 | 60582 | 1588 | ||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 1 | 60582 | 1036 | ||
Antimony (*) | Arsenic | Sb | 1 | 60582 | 363 | ||
Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 1 | 60582 | 246 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 60582 | 3250 | ||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 1 | 60582 | 2060 | ||
Bazhenovite (*) | None | Ca8S5(S2O3)(OH)12·20H2O | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60582 | 9 |
Beudantite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 413 | ||
Beusite (*) | Graftonite | Mn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2 | 1 | 60582 | 39 | ||
Bindheimite (*) | Pyrochlore | Pb2Sb5+2O7 | 1 | 60582 | 450 | ||
Botallackite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 1 | 60582 | 49 | ||
Brianyoungite (*) | None | Zn3(CO3)(OH)4 | 1 | 60582 | 79 | ||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 1633 | ||
Brownmillerite (*) | Brownmillerite Perovskite | Ca2Fe3+AlO5 | 1 | 60582 | 21 | ||
Brucite (*) | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 462 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 2 | 60581,60582 | 27770 | ||
Caledonite (*) | Caledonite | Cu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 359 | ||
Carlhintzeite (*) | None | Ca2AlF7·H2O | 1 | 60582 | 8 | ||
Cassiterite (*) | Rutile | SnO2 | 1 | 60582 | 5171 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 1 | 60582 | 4979 | ||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 60582 | 925 | ||
Chalcoalumite (*) | Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O | 1 | 60582 | 91 | ||
Chalcophanite (*) | None | ZnMn4+3O7·3H2O | 1 | 60582 | 197 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 2 | 60581,60582 | 27198 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 1 | 60582 | 3902 | ||
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 1 | 60582 | 2600 | ||
Claraite (*) | None | (Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O | 1 | 60582 | 40 | ||
Clinoferrosilite (*) | Pyroxene | Fe2+2Si2O6 | 1 | 60582 | 18 | ||
Connellite (*) | Connellite | Cu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O | 1 | 60582 | 295 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 1 | 60582 | 3846 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 1 | 60582 | 4165 | ||
Cristobalite (*) | Cristobalite | SiO2 | 1 | 60582 | 453 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 2 | 60581,60582 | 2970 | ||
Cyanotrichite (*) | Cyanotrichite | Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2 | 1 | 60582 | 179 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 2 | 60581,60582 | 9895 | ||
Dypingite (*) | None | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O | 1 | 60582 | 50 | ||
Elyite (*) | None | CuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O | 1 | 60582 | 85 | ||
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 2 | 60581,60582 | 910 | ||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 1 | 60582 | 944 | ||
Ettringite (*) | Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O | 1 | 60582 | 93 | ||
Fayalite (*) | Olivine | Fe2+2(SiO4) | 1 | 60582 | 371 | ||
Felsőbányaite (*) | None | Al4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O | 1 | 60582 | 66 | ||
Ferrihydrite (*) | Nolanite | Fe3+10O14(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 86 | ||
Ferristrunzite (*) | Strunzite | Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O | 1 | 60582 | 14 | ||
Ferrisymplesite (*) | Symplesite | Fe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O | 1 | 60582 | 21 | ||
Ferroalluaudite (*) | Alluaudite | NaFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)3 | 1 | 60582 | 11 | ||
Ferrosilite (*) | Pyroxene | Fe2+2Si2O6 | 1 | 60582 | 84 | ||
Forsterite (*) | Olivine | Mg2(SiO4) | 1 | 60582 | 1188 | ||
Fougèrite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Fe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O | 1 | 60582 | 20 | ||
Franklinite (*) | Spinel | ZnFe3+2O4 | 1 | 60582 | 52 | ||
Gahnite (*) | Spinel | ZnAl2O4 | 1 | 60582 | 445 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 1 | 60582 | 24243 | ||
Gehlenite (*) | Melilite | Ca2Al(SiAl)O7 | 1 | 60582 | 114 | ||
Glaucocerinite (*) | Woodwardite Hydrotalcite | (Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2) | 1 | 60582 | 20 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 60582 | 7437 | ||
Gordaite (*) | Ktenasite | NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O | 1 | 60582 | 17 | ||
Goslarite (*) | Epsomite | Zn(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 60582 | 188 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 1 | 60582 | 2812 | ||
Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 1 | 60582 | 717 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 1 | 60582 | 6890 | ||
Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1 | 60582 | 409 | ||
Hardystonite (*) | Melilite | Ca2ZnSi2O7 | 1 | 60582 | 14 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 1 | 60582 | 14640 | ||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 60582 | 1689 | ||
Hidalgoite (*) | Alunite | PbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 57 | ||
Hureaulite (*) | Hureaulite | Mn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O | 1 | 60582 | 125 | ||
Hydrobasaluminite (*) | None | Al4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O | 1 | 60582 | 12 | ||
Hydrocalumite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 60582 | 30 | ||
Hydrocerussite (*) | None | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 201 | ||
Hydroniumjarosite (*) | Alunite | (H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 65 | ||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 1066 | ||
Iron (*) | Iron | Fe | 1 | 60582 | 1089 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 2228 | ||
Johillerite (*) | Alluaudite | NaCuMgMg2(AsO4)3 | 1 | 60582 | 4 | ||
Kermesite (*) | None | Sb2OS2 | 1 | 60582 | 230 | ||
Ktenasite (*) | Ktenasite Devilline | ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O | 1 | 60582 | 75 | ||
Lanarkite (*) | None | Pb2O(SO4) | 1 | 60582 | 97 | ||
Langite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | 1 | 60582 | 593 | ||
Laueite (*) | Laueite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O | 1 | 60582 | 70 | ||
Lead (*) | Copper | Pb | 1 | 60582 | 192 | ||
Leadhillite (*) | None | Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 265 | ||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 2 | 60581,60582 | 581 | ||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 987 | ||
Litharge (*) | None | PbO | 1 | 60582 | 139 | ||
Luzonite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3AsS4 | 1 | 60582 | 198 | ||
Magnesiochromite (*) | Spinel | MgCr2O4 | 1 | 60582 | 311 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 1 | 60582 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 2 | 60581,60582 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 2 | 60581,60582 | 5674 | ||
Massicot (*) | None | PbO | 1 | 60582 | 202 | ||
Melanotekite (*) | None | Pb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7) | 1 | 60582 | 22 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 60582 | 915 | ||
Mendozite (*) | None | NaAl(SO4)2·11H2O | 1 | 60582 | 28 | ||
Metaswitzerite (*) | None | Mn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O | 1 | 60582 | 22 | ||
Metavivianite (*) | Symplesite | Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O | 1 | 60582 | 26 | ||
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 1 | 60582 | 1107 | ||
Monticellite (*) | Olivine | CaMg(SiO4) | 1 | 60582 | 153 | ||
Nahcolite (*) | None | NaH(CO3) | 1 | 60582 | 78 | ||
Namuwite (*) | Ktenasite | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O | 1 | 60582 | 58 | ||
Natroalunite (*) | Alunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 128 | ||
Olivenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 60582 | 492 | ||
Ordoñezite (*) | Tapiolite | ZnSb5+2O6 | 1 | 60582 | 7 | ||
Osarizawaite (*) | Alunite | Pb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 64 | ||
Palmierite (*) | Palmierite | K2Pb(SO4)2 | 1 | 60582 | 8 | ||
Paradamite (*) | Tarbuttite | Zn2(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 60582 | 6 | ||
Parascholzite (*) | None | CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O | 1 | 60582 | 12 | ||
Parasymplesite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 60582 | 124 | ||
Phosphosiderite (*) | Phosphosiderite | Fe3+(PO4)·2H2O | 1 | 60582 | 182 | ||
Pigeonite (*) | Pyroxene | (Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6 | 1 | 60582 | 303 | ||
Plumboferrite (*) | Magnetoplumbite | Pb[Fe3+10.67Mn2+0.33Pb]O18.33 | 1 | 60582 | 7 | ||
Plumbojarosite (*) | Alunite | Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 60582 | 477 | ||
Portlandite (*) | Brucite | Ca(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 51 | ||
Pseudobrookite (*) | Pseudobrookite | (Fe3+2Ti)O5 | 1 | 60582 | 164 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 2 | 60581,60582 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 1 | 60582 | 3106 | ||
Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 60582 | 1725 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 1 | 60582 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 2 | 60581,60582 | 61156 | ||
Robertsite (*) | Arseniosiderite | Ca2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O | 1 | 60582 | 36 | ||
Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 454 | ||
Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 1 | 60582 | 293 | ||
Scholzite (*) | None | CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O | 1 | 60582 | 20 | ||
Schulenbergite (*) | Ktenasite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O | 1 | 60582 | 142 | ||
Serpierite (*) | Devilline | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 60582 | 292 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 1 | 60582 | 6417 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 1 | 60582 | 5186 | ||
Simonkolleite (*) | None | Zn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60582 | 11 |
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 60582 | 2473 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 1 | 60582 | 21482 | ||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 1 | 60582 | 3418 | ||
Stranskiite (*) | None | CuZn2(AsO4)2 | 1 | 60582 | 5 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 1 | 60582 | 2045 | ||
Sundiusite (*) | None | Pb10(SO4)O8Cl2 | 1 | 60582 | 3 | ||
Switzerite (*) | None | Mn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O | 1 | 60582 | 21 | ||
Symplesite (*) | Symplesite | Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 60582 | 92 | ||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 2 | 60581,60582 | 1101 | ||
Tetraferriannite (*) | Mica | KFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 10 | ||
Thaumasite (*) | Ettringite | Ca3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O | 1 | 60582 | 183 | ||
Tridymite (*) | Tridymite | SiO2 | 1 | 60582 | 458 | ||
Valentinite (*) | None | Sb2O3 | 1 | 60582 | 369 | ||
Varlamoffite (*) | Rutile | (Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 56 | ||
Vivianite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 60582 | 636 | ||
Willemite (*) | Phenakite | Zn2SiO4 | 1 | 60582 | 303 | ||
Woodruffite (*) | None | Zn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O | 1 | 60582 | 25 | ||
Woodwardite (*) | Woodwardite Hydrotalcite | (Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2) | 1 | 60582 | 57 | ||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 1 | 60582 | 1655 | ||
Wurtzite (*) | Wurtzite | ZnS | 1 | 60582 | 372 | ||
Wüstite (*) | Rocksalt | FeO | 1 | 60582 | 74 | ||
Zinc (*) | None | Zn | 1 | 60582 | 52 | ||
Zincaluminite (*) | Woodwardite | (Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2) | 1 | 60582 | 5 | ||
Zincite (*) | Wurtzite | ZnO | 1 | 60582 | 98 | ||
Zincrosasite (*) | Malachite | (Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 60582 | 28 |
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