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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthite (*) | Acanthite | Ag2S | 4 | 53829,53846,53847,53849 | 2793 | ||
| Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 2 | 53810,53834 | 3419 | ||
| Agardite-(Ce) (*) | Mixite | CeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 53846 | 43 | ||
| Agardite-(La) (*) | Mixite | LaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 53846 | 33 | ||
| Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 3 | 53800,53818,53834 | 8803 | ||
| Allophane (*) | Allophane | Al2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O | 1 | 53810 | 470 | ||
| Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2 | 53814,53818 | 966 | ||
| Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 1 | 53834 | 1627 | ||
| Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 1 | 53818 | 2162 | ||
| Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | 1 | 53836 | 1310 | ||
| Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 53812 | 1534 | ||
| Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 4 | 53831,53846,53847,53849 | 2734 | ||
| Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 1 | 53826 | 1588 | ||
| Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 11 | 53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53834,53841,53847,53849 | 3092 | ||
| Antimony (*) | Arsenic | Sb | 1 | 53841 | 363 | ||
| Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 4 | 53818,53834,53847,53849 | 3250 | ||
| Argentopyrite (*) | Cubanite | AgFe2S3 | 1 | 53841 | 53 | ||
| Arseniosiderite (*) | Arseniosiderite | Ca2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O | 1 | 53843 | 194 | ||
| Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 5 | 53812,53839,53841,53847,53849 | 9052 | ||
| Atacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 1 | 53843 | 544 | ||
| Aurichalcite (*) | None | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 3 | 53810,53831,53843 | 919 | ||
| Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 7 | 53817,53818,53829,53834,53843,53847,53849 | 5509 | ||
| Bariopharmacosiderite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O | 1 | 53843 | 150 | ||
| Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 16 | 53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53829,53834,53837,53839,53841,53843,53847,53849 | 11547 | ||
| Bayldonite (*) | None | Cu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 | 1 | 53846 | 172 | ||
| Berthierite (*) | Berthierite | FeSb2S4 | 2 | 53841,53842 | 343 | ||
| Bertrandite (*) | Not in a structural group | Be4Si2O7(OH)2 | 2 | 53802,53818 | 606 | ||
| Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 5 | 53800,53802,53812,53813,53818 | 4286 | ||
| Beudantite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 53846 | 413 | ||
| Bindheimite (*) | Pyrochlore | Pb2Sb5+2O7 | 2 | 53847,53849 | 450 | ||
| Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 4 | 53812,53817,53818,53841 | 1966 | ||
| Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 3 | 53800,53812,53814 | 1935 | ||
| Bismutite (*) | Bismutite | Bi2O2(CO3) | 1 | 53837 | 716 | ||
| Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 3 | 53800,53812,53817 | 5516 | ||
| Botryogen (*) | Botryogen | MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O | 1 | 53841 | 45 | ||
| Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 3 | 53841,53847,53849 | 843 | ||
| Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 2 | 53847,53849 | 1089 | ||
| Braunite (*) | Braunite | Mn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4) | 1 | 53837 | 483 | ||
| Brianyoungite (*) | None | Zn3(CO3)(OH)4 | 1 | 53829 | 79 | ||
| Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 4 | 53814,53829,53843,53846 | 1633 | ||
| Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 17 | 53800,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53827,53834,53839,53841,53843,53847,53849 | 27770 | ||
| Caledonite (*) | Caledonite | Cu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 | 1 | 53846 | 359 | ||
| Carminite (*) | Carminite | PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 | 1 | 53846 | 178 | ||
| Cassiterite (*) | Rutile | SnO2 | 1 | 53809 | 5171 | ||
| Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 5 | 53821,53831,53846,53847,53849 | 4979 | ||
| Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 53817 | 925 | ||
| Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 2 | 53818,53829 | 5707 | ||
| Chalcophyllite (*) | Chalcophyllite | Cu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O | 1 | 53843 | 194 | ||
| Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 12 | 53800,53812,53814,53817,53818,53821,53834,53837,53843,53846,53847,53849 | 27198 | ||
| Chamosite (*) | Chlorite Clay | (Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8 | 1 | 53800 | 577 | ||
| Chloraluminite (*) | None | AlCl3·6H2O | 1 | 53834 | 3 | ||
| Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 5 | 53814,53817,53829,53834,53843 | 3531 | ||
| Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 1 | 53796 | 2600 | ||
| Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 2 | 53800,53810 | 1025 | ||
| Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 1 | 53843 | 966 | ||
| Conichalcite (*) | Adelite | CaCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 53843 | 363 | ||
| Copiapite (*) | Copiapite | Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 1 | 53814 | 382 | ||
| Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 3 | 53813,53817,53843 | 3846 | ||
| Cornubite (*) | None | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 | 1 | 53843 | 109 | ||
| Cornwallite (*) | None | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 | 1 | 53843 | 175 | ||
| Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 6 | 53810,53829,53834,53846,53847,53849 | 4165 | ||
| Creedite (*) | None | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O | 1 | 53839 | 48 | ||
| Cubanite (*) | Cubanite Wurtzite | CuFe2S3 | 2 | 53812,53818 | 802 | ||
| Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 3 | 53817,53829,53843 | 2970 | ||
| Datolite (*) | Gadolinite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) | 1 | 53834 | 498 | ||
| Delafossite (*) | None | Cu1+Fe3+O2 | 1 | 53843 | 144 | ||
| Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 3 | 53812,53818,53829 | 1027 | ||
| Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 15 | 53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53827,53834,53841,53843,53847,53849 | 9895 | ||
| Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 53800 | 648 | ||
| Duftite (*) | Adelite | PbCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 53846 | 220 | ||
| Dundasite (*) | Dundasite | PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O | 1 | 53829 | 97 | ||
| Dyscrasite (*) | Allargentum | Ag3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2) | 1 | 53841 | 180 | ||
| Elyite (*) | None | CuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O | 1 | 53828 | 85 | ||
| Emplectite (*) | Chalcostibite | CuBiS2 | 1 | 53812 | 246 | ||
| Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 3 | 53814,53818,53834 | 8173 | ||
| Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 2 | 53843,53849 | 814 | ||
| Eulytine (*) | None | Bi4(SiO4)3 | 1 | 53837 | 72 | ||
| Ferberite (*) | Columbite | Fe2+(WO4) | 2 | 53814,53847 | 551 | ||
| Ferro-hornblende (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 | 2 | 53810,53834 | 271 | ||
| Fibroferrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O | 1 | 53818 | 107 | ||
| Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 2 | 53800,53810 | 2740 | ||
| Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 15 | 53800,53802,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53834,53839,53845,53846,53849 | 9617 | ||
| Freieslebenite (*) | None | AgPbSbS3 | 1 | 53841 | 105 | ||
| Fülöppite (*) | None | Pb3Sb8S15 | 1 | 53841 | 55 | ||
| Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 10 | 53814,53818,53821,53830,53831,53834,53839,53846,53847,53849 | 24243 | ||
| Galenobismutite (*) | Kobellite | PbBi2S4 | 1 | 53812 | 192 | ||
| Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 14 | 53800,53812,53814,53818,53827,53830,53831,53834,53837,53843,53846,53847,53849,53851 | 7437 | ||
| Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 1 | 53806 | 30554 | ||
| Graphite (*) | None | C | 2 | 53847,53849 | 2812 | ||
| Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 1 | 53829 | 717 | ||
| Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 53810 | 1544 | ||
| Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 5 | 53814,53825,53826,53834,53843 | 6890 | ||
| Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 1 | 53810 | 741 | ||
| Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 14 | 53798,53800,53802,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53830,53834,53837 | 14640 | ||
| Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 53831 | 1689 | ||
| Hidalgoite (*) | Alunite | PbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 53846 | 57 | ||
| Hollandite (*) | Coronadite | Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 1 | 53837 | 243 | ||
| Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2 | 53814,53839 | 2228 | ||
| Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 2 | 53837,53839 | 5591 | ||
| Kermesite (*) | None | Sb2OS2 | 1 | 53841 | 230 | ||
| Langite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | 3 | 53814,53829,53846 | 593 | ||
| Leadhillite (*) | None | Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 | 2 | 53829,53846 | 265 | ||
| Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 1 | 53834 | 581 | ||
| Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 2 | 53831,53846 | 987 | ||
| Linnaeite (*) | Spinel | Co2+Co3+2S4 | 1 | 53849 | 249 | ||
| Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 53849 | 1487 | ||
| Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 6 | 53800,53812,53814,53818,53834,53836 | 14899 | ||
| Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 10 | 53800,53814,53817,53829,53834,53837,53843,53846,53847,53849 | 12537 | ||
| Manganite (*) | Rutile | Mn3+O(OH) | 3 | 53829,53837,53839 | 770 | ||
| Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 5 | 53812,53827,53841,53847,53849 | 5674 | ||
| Massicot (*) | None | PbO | 2 | 53847,53849 | 202 | ||
| Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 2 | 53814,53834 | 915 | ||
| Metazeunerite (*) | None | Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 53843 | 182 | ||
| Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 1 | 53849 | 1066 | ||
| Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 4 | 53831,53846,53847,53849 | 1107 | ||
| Mixite (*) | Mixite | Cu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 53843 | 168 | ||
| Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 6 | 53800,53801,53812,53813,53814,53818 | 5800 | ||
| Nsutite (*) | Ramsdellite | Mn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x | 1 | 53810 | 121 | ||
| Olivenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 53843 | 492 | ||
| Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 53836 | 2349 | ||
| Pectolite (*) | Pectolite | NaCa2Si3O8(OH) | 1 | 53834 | 363 | ||
| Petitjeanite (*) | None | Bi3O(PO4)2(OH) | 1 | 53837 | 15 | ||
| Pharmacoalumite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | KAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6.5H2O | 1 | 53843 | 17 | ||
| Pharmacosiderite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O | 1 | 53843 | 428 | ||
| Phenakite (*) | Phenakite | Be2(SiO4) | 3 | 53800,53802,53818 | 326 | ||
| Polybasite (*) | Polybasite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7] | 1 | 53841 | 716 | ||
| Posnjakite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O | 1 | 53829 | 309 | ||
| Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 3 | 53804,53818,53834 | 1898 | ||
| Proustite (*) | None | Ag3AsS3 | 1 | 53821 | 733 | ||
| Pyrargyrite (*) | None | Ag3SbS3 | 3 | 53841,53847,53849 | 1425 | ||
| Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 16 | 53800,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53827,53834,53839,53841,53847,53849 | 39462 | ||
| Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 5 | 53818,53819,53829,53837,53843 | 3106 | ||
| Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 7 | 53800,53830,53831,53845,53846,53847,53849 | 1725 | ||
| Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 3 | 53812,53814,53818 | 9056 | ||
| Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 22 | 53800,53809,53810,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53829,53832,53834,53837,53839,53841,53843,53846,53847,53849 | 61156 | ||
| Ramdohrite (*) | Lillianite | Pb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S24 | 1 | 53841 | 34 | ||
| Ranciéite (*) | None | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O | 1 | 53829 | 177 | ||
| Richelsdorfite (*) | None | Ca2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O | 1 | 53843 | 57 | ||
| Romanèchite (*) | None | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 | 4 | 53829,53837,53847,53849 | 312 | ||
| Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 53829 | 454 | ||
| Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 2 | 53812,53818 | 5614 | ||
| Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 5 | 53800,53812,53814,53818,53847 | 4894 | ||
| Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 53800 | 2705 | ||
| Schulenbergite (*) | Ktenasite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O | 1 | 53829 | 142 | ||
| Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 1 | 53843 | 1153 | ||
| Senarmontite (*) | Arsenolite | Sb2O3 | 1 | 53841 | 179 | ||
| Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 5 | 53818,53834,53837,53843,53847 | 6417 | ||
| Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 4 | 53831,53841,53843,53846 | 5186 | ||
| Skutterudite (*) | Skutterudite Perovskite | CoAs3 | 1 | 53849 | 531 | ||
| Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 53829 | 2473 | ||
| Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 9 | 53812,53814,53818,53829,53834,53839,53841,53847,53849 | 21482 | ||
| Stibiconite (*) | Pyrochlore | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) | 4 | 53841,53843,53847,53849 | 446 | ||
| Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 4 | 53837,53841,53847,53849 | 3418 | ||
| Stolzite (*) | Scheelite | Pb(WO4) | 2 | 53814,53847 | 156 | ||
| Strashimirite (*) | None | Cu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O | 1 | 53843 | 90 | ||
| Tellurobismuthite (*) | Tetradymite | Bi2Te3 | 1 | 53812 | 276 | ||
| Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 2 | 53818,53843 | 1803 | ||
| Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 4 | 53817,53843,53847,53849 | 1101 | ||
| Tetradymite (*) | Tetradymite | Bi2Te2S | 1 | 53812 | 510 | ||
| Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 7 | 53800,53821,53829,53841,53843,53847,53849 | 5317 | ||
| Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 2 | 53810,53834 | 4899 | ||
| Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 1 | 53843 | 433 | ||
| Topaz (*) | Topaz | Al2SiO4F2 | 1 | 53818 | 1476 | ||
| Tyrolite (*) | Tyrolite | Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O | 1 | 53843 | 245 | ||
| Ullmannite (*) | Ullmannite | NiSbS | 1 | 53841 | 293 | ||
| Valentinite (*) | None | Sb2O3 | 1 | 53841 | 369 | ||
| Vivianite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O | 2 | 53828,53851 | 636 | ||
| Whewellite (*) | Oxalate | Ca(C2O4)·H2O | 1 | 53849 | 66 | ||
| Wittichenite (*) | None | Cu3BiS3 | 2 | 53800,53812 | 297 | ||
| Woodwardite (*) | Woodwardite Hydrotalcite | (Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2) | 1 | 53845 | 57 | ||
| Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 3 | 53829,53845,53846 | 1655 | ||
| Xanthoconite (*) | Xanthoconite | Ag3AsS3 | 1 | 53821 | 89 | ||
| Zálesíite (*) | Mixite | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 53843 | 84 | ||
| Zeunerite (*) | Autunite | Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O | 1 | 53843 | 185 | ||
| Zinkenite (*) | Zinkenite | Pb9Sb22S42 | 1 | 53841 | 228 | ||
| Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 53818 | 1025 |
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