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 | 20545,20550,20568 | 8803 | ||
Allanite-(Ce) (*) | Allanite Epidote | CaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 20552 | 706 | ||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 3 | 20545,20547,20572 | 2353 | ||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 1 | 20545 | 1627 | ||
Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 1 | 20545 | 2162 | ||
Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | 1 | 20545 | 1310 | ||
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 20552,20553 | 1534 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 20570 | 2734 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 3 | 20545,20553,20572 | 3092 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 20572 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 2 | 20545,20550 | 9052 | ||
Aurichalcite (*) | None | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 3 | 20549,20569,20570 | 919 | ||
Autunite (*) | Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O | 2 | 20561,20574 | 1272 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 4 | 20543,20545,20549,20570 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 2 | 20549,20554 | 11547 | ||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 2 | 20553,20561 | 4286 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 2 | 20543,20550 | 5516 | ||
Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 2 | 20545,20572 | 843 | ||
Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 2 | 20549,20572 | 1089 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 8 | 20545,20547,20549,20550,20552,20553,20556,20572 | 27770 | ||
Cassiterite (*) | Rutile | SnO2 | 1 | 20559 | 5171 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 3 | 20549,20556,20570 | 4979 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1 | 20543 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 9 | 20543,20545,20549,20550,20553,20556,20559,20570,20572 | 27198 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 1 | 20543 | 1756 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 20543 | 1025 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 1 | 20543 | 4165 | ||
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 1 | 20543 | 1027 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 4 | 20545,20550,20553,20559 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 3 | 20545,20553,20572 | 9895 | ||
Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 2 | 20543,20559 | 648 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 5 | 20543,20545,20550,20552,20553 | 8173 | ||
Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 2 | 20561,20574 | 2740 | ||
Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 2 | 20561,20574 | 9617 | ||
Freibergite (*) | Tetrahedrite | Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12 | 1 | 20572 | 663 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 6 | 20545,20549,20550,20556,20570,20572 | 24243 | ||
Glaucophane (*) | Amphibole | Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 20559 | 286 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 20572 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 1 | 20572 | 30554 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 1 | 20543 | 2812 | ||
Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 4 | 20549,20556,20570,20572 | 717 | ||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 3 | 20545,20550,20553 | 1544 | ||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 3 | 20549,20556,20570 | 1689 | ||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 3 | 20556,20570,20572 | 1066 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 3 | 20545,20550,20552 | 5433 | ||
Jamesonite (*) | None | Pb4FeSb6S14 | 2 | 20545,20553 | 784 | ||
Kermesite (*) | None | Sb2OS2 | 1 | 20545 | 230 | ||
Kyanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2OSiO4 | 3 | 20545,20550,20553 | 1507 | ||
Löllingite (*) | Löllingite | FeAs2 | 1 | 20561 | 762 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 20568 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 5 | 20543,20545,20550,20553,20568 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 6 | 20543,20545,20549,20553,20570,20572 | 12537 | ||
Metastibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 1 | 20545 | 87 | ||
Microcline (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 20561 | 4924 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 3 | 20543,20545,20561 | 17380 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 20574 | 2994 | ||
Palygorskite (*) | Palygorskite Clay | (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O | 1 | 20545 | 306 | ||
Pargasite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 20567 | 313 | ||
Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 2 | 20543,20545 | 2273 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 20550 | 1898 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 4 | 20543,20545,20550,20572 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 1 | 20572 | 3106 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 5 | 20543,20545,20550,20553,20559 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 8 | 20543,20545,20552,20561,20564,20568,20572,20574 | 61156 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 2 | 20549,20550 | 5614 | ||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 4 | 20543,20545,20559,20561 | 2705 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 3 | 20550,20572,20574 | 6417 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 4 | 20549,20556,20570,20572 | 2473 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 8 | 20543,20545,20549,20553,20556,20566,20570,20572 | 21482 | ||
Staurolite (*) | Staurolite | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) | 2 | 20550,20574 | 978 | ||
Stibiconite (*) | Pyrochlore | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) | 2 | 20545,20572 | 446 | ||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 1 | 20545 | 3418 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 2 | 20545,20572 | 2045 | ||
Tetraferriannite (*) | Mica | KFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 20543 | 10 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 3 | 20543,20570,20572 | 5317 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 4 | 20543,20545,20552,20553 | 4899 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 4 | 20543,20545,20553,20559 | 2562 | ||
Uranophane-α (*) | None | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O | 1 | 20574 | 890 | ||
Valentinite (*) | None | Sb2O3 | 2 | 20545,20572 | 369 | ||
Vesuvianite (*) | Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | 2 | 20553,20564 | 1395 | ||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 1 | 20556 | 1655 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 1 | 20561 | 5251 | ||
Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 20550 | 1025 |
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