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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Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 0 | 3419 | |||
Allanite-(Ce) (*) | Allanite Epidote | CaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 706 | |||
Amesite (*) | Clay Serpentine | Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4 | 0 | 74 | |||
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 0 | 1534 | |||
Antigorite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 708 | |||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 3250 | |||
Baddeleyite (*) | Baddeleyite | ZrO2 | 0 | 238 | |||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 0 | 5516 | |||
Breithauptite (*) | Nickeline | NiSb | 0 | 175 | |||
Brucite (*) | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 | 0 | 462 | |||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 103797 | 27770 | ||
Chabazite-Ca (*) | Chabazite | Ca2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O | 0 | 310 | |||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 0 | 5707 | |||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 0 | 27198 | |||
Chamosite (*) | Chlorite Clay | (Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8 | 0 | 577 | |||
Chlorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3Cl | 0 | 203 | |||
Chromferide (*) | Iron | Fe1.5Cr0.2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 0 | 3902 | |||
Chrysotile (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 951 | |||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 1 | 103797 | 1756 | ||
Clinotobermorite (*) | Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O) | 0 | 6 | |||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 1025 | |||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 0 | 3846 | |||
Cubanite (*) | Cubanite Wurtzite | CuFe2S3 | 0 | 802 | |||
Datolite (*) | Gadolinite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) | 0 | 498 | |||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1 | 103797 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 0 | 9895 | |||
Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 0 | 648 | |||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 0 | 944 | |||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 8173 | |||
Eskolaite (*) | Corundum | Cr2O3 | 0 | 30 | |||
Fluorophlogopite (*) | Mica | KMg3(Si3Al)O10F2 | 0 | 47 | |||
Gismondine (*) | Gismondine | Ca2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O | 0 | 128 | |||
Godlevskite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 0 | 40 | |||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 0 | 7437 | |||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 103797 | 1544 | ||
Harmotome (*) | Harmotome | Ba2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O | 0 | 290 | |||
Heazlewoodite (*) | None | Ni3S2 | 0 | 205 | |||
Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 0 | 741 | |||
Heulandite-Ca (*) | Heulandite | (Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O | 0 | 246 | |||
Hexahydrite (*) | Hexahydrite | Mg(SO4)·6H2O | 0 | 251 | |||
Hillebrandite (*) | None | Ca2SiO3(OH)2 | 0 | 17 | |||
Hydromagnesite (*) | None | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O | 0 | 341 | |||
Hydrotalcite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Mg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4 | 0 | 87 | |||
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) (*) | Apophyllite | KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O | 0 | 85 | |||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 0 | 5433 | |||
Jennite (*) | None | Ca9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O | 0 | 18 | |||
Kasatkinite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ba2Ca8B5Si8O32(OH)3·6H2O | 0 | 1 | |||
Laumontite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O | 0 | 1271 | |||
Lizardite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 359 | |||
Mackinawite (*) | None | (Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07) | 0 | 451 | |||
Magnesiochromite (*) | Spinel | MgCr2O4 | 0 | 311 | |||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 0 | 14899 | |||
Mariinskite (*) | Olivine | BeCr2O4 | 0 | 2 | |||
Maucherite (*) | None | Ni11As8 | 0 | 161 | |||
Mesolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O | 0 | 425 | |||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 0 | 1066 | |||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 17380 | |||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 0 | 1236 | |||
Nickeline (*) | Nickeline | NiAs | 0 | 633 | |||
Pectolite (*) | Pectolite | NaCa2Si3O8(OH) | 1 | 103797 | 363 | ||
Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 0 | 1512 | |||
Phillipsite-K (*) | Harmotome | K6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O | 0 | 71 | |||
Plombièrite (*) | Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O) | 0 | 28 | |||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 1898 | |||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 0 | 39462 | |||
Pyroaurite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Mg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O | 0 | 89 | |||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 0 | 9056 | |||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 0 | 61156 | |||
Rosenhahnite (*) | None | Ca3Si3O8(OH)2 | 0 | 8 | |||
Scolecite (*) | Natrolite | Ca(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O | 0 | 390 | |||
Sperrylite (*) | Pyrite | PtAs2 | 0 | 337 | |||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 0 | 21482 | |||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 0 | 1934 | |||
Stellerite (*) | Stilbite | Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O | 0 | 189 | |||
Stilbite-Ca (*) | Stilbite | NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O | 0 | 268 | |||
Szaibélyite (*) | None | MgBO2(OH) | 0 | 87 | |||
Tatarinovite (*) | Ettringite | Ca3Al(SO4)[B(OH)4](OH)6·12H2O | 1 | 103797 | 1 | ||
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 | |||
Tochilinite (*) | Tochilinite | 6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2] | 0 | 56 | |||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 0 | 2562 | |||
Valleriite (*) | Valleriite | 2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2] | 0 | 237 | |||
Vesuvianite (*) | Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | 0 | 1395 | |||
Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 0 | 1247 | |||
Xonotlite (*) | None | Ca6Si6O17(OH)2 | 1 | 103797 | 109 | ||
Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 1025 |
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