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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamite (*) | Andalusite | Zn2(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 59088 | 254 | ||
| Alum-(K) (*) | Alum | KAl(SO4)2·12H2O | 1 | 59088 | 92 | ||
| Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 2 | 59088,59089 | 2734 | ||
| Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 2 | 59088,59092 | 1588 | ||
| Annabergite (*) | Vivianite | Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 445 | ||
| Roselite-β (*) | Fairfieldite | Ca2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O | 1 | 59088 | 21 | ||
| Anthonyite (*) | Anthonyite | Cu(OH)2·3H2O | 1 | 59089 | 6 | ||
| Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 1 | 59089 | 246 | ||
| Aphthitalite (*) | Aphthitalite | K3Na(SO4)2 | 1 | 59092 | 77 | ||
| Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 4 | 59078,59088,59089,59092 | 3250 | ||
| Arsenolite (*) | Arsenolite | As2O3 | 1 | 59088 | 231 | ||
| Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 1 | 59088 | 9052 | ||
| Atacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 1 | 59089 | 544 | ||
| Aurichalcite (*) | None | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 2 | 59088,59089 | 919 | ||
| Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 5 | 59078,59081,59088,59089,59090 | 5509 | ||
| Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 4 | 59071,59072,59084,59088 | 11547 | ||
| Beudantite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 59089 | 413 | ||
| Bianchite (*) | Hexahydrite | Zn(SO4)·6H2O | 1 | 59089 | 40 | ||
| Bischofite (*) | None | MgCl2·6H2O | 1 | 59092 | 42 | ||
| Blödite (*) | Blödite | Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O | 1 | 59092 | 130 | ||
| Boleite (*) | None | KAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48 | 1 | 59089 | 65 | ||
| Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 2 | 59088,59089 | 5516 | ||
| Botallackite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 1 | 59089 | 49 | ||
| Brassite (*) | None | Mg(AsO3OH)·4H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 9 | ||
| Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 3 | 59078,59088,59089 | 1633 | ||
| Bulachite (*) | Bulachite | Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4·2H2O | 1 | 59088 | 5 | ||
| Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 4 | 59077,59088,59089,59092 | 27770 | ||
| Carnallite (*) | Carnallite | KMgCl3·6H2O | 1 | 59092 | 132 | ||
| Cattierite (*) | Pyrite | CoS2 | 1 | 59088 | 30 | ||
| Celestine (*) | Baryte | Sr(SO4) | 1 | 59092 | 1252 | ||
| Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 2 | 59088,59089 | 4979 | ||
| Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 59089 | 925 | ||
| Chalcoalumite (*) | Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O | 1 | 59089 | 91 | ||
| Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 2 | 59088,59089 | 5707 | ||
| Chalconatronite (*) | None | Na2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O | 1 | 59088 | 23 | ||
| Chalcophyllite (*) | Chalcophyllite | Cu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O | 1 | 59088 | 194 | ||
| Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 2 | 59088,59089 | 27198 | ||
| Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 1 | 59088 | 3531 | ||
| Clinosafflorite (*) | Löllingite | CoAs2 | 1 | 59088 | 21 | ||
| Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 1 | 59088 | 966 | ||
| Cobaltkoritnigite (*) | Koritnigite | Co(AsO3OH)·H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 32 | ||
| Conichalcite (*) | Adelite | CaCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 59088 | 363 | ||
| Connellite (*) | Connellite | Cu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O | 1 | 59089 | 295 | ||
| Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 3 | 59077,59088,59089 | 3846 | ||
| Cornubite (*) | None | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 | 1 | 59088 | 109 | ||
| Cotunnite (*) | None | PbCl2 | 1 | 59089 | 54 | ||
| Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 1 | 59088 | 4165 | ||
| Cristobalite (*) | Cristobalite | SiO2 | 1 | 59081 | 453 | ||
| Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 2 | 59088,59089 | 2970 | ||
| Cyanotrichite (*) | Cyanotrichite | Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2 | 1 | 59089 | 179 | ||
| Devilline (*) | Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 3 | 59088,59089,59090 | 366 | ||
| Diaboleite (*) | Perovskite | CuPb2Cl2(OH)4 | 1 | 59089 | 57 | ||
| Djurleite (*) | None | Cu31S16 | 1 | 59088 | 300 | ||
| Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 2 | 59088,59092 | 9895 | ||
| Duftite (*) | Adelite | PbCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 59088 | 220 | ||
| Elyite (*) | None | CuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O | 1 | 59089 | 85 | ||
| Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 1 | 59088 | 910 | ||
| Epsomite (*) | Epsomite | Mg(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 59092 | 484 | ||
| Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 4 | 59077,59088,59089,59090 | 814 | ||
| Erythrosiderite (*) | None | K2Fe3+Cl5·H2O | 1 | 59092 | 7 | ||
| Ettringite (*) | Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O | 1 | 59089 | 93 | ||
| Ferrarisite (*) | Lindackerite | Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59088,59090 | 11 |
| Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 1 | 59088 | 24243 | ||
| Gaspéite (*) | Calcite | Ni(CO3) | 1 | 59088 | 22 | ||
| Glauberite (*) | None | Na2Ca(SO4)2 | 1 | 59092 | 137 | ||
| Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 59088 | 7437 | ||
| Guérinite (*) | None | Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 31 | ||
| Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 8 | 59069,59070,59078,59079,59087,59088,59089,59092 | 6890 | ||
| Haidingerite (*) | None | Ca(AsO3OH)·H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 17 | ||
| Halite (*) | Rocksalt | NaCl | 1 | 59092 | 1398 | ||
| Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 2 | 59088,59092 | 14640 | ||
| Hematophanite (*) | Perovskite | Pb4Fe3+3O8(Cl,OH) | 1 | 59089 | 3 | ||
| Heterogenite (*) | None | Co3+O(OH) | 1 | 59088 | 111 | ||
| Hörnesite (*) | Vivianite | Mg3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 59088 | 103 | ||
| Hydrocalumite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 59089 | 30 | ||
| Hydrocerussite (*) | None | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 59089 | 201 | ||
| Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 2 | 59088,59089 | 1066 | ||
| Irhtemite (*) | None | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 7 | ||
| Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2 | 59088,59089 | 2228 | ||
| Kainite (*) | None | KMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O | 1 | 59092 | 50 | ||
| Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 59088 | 5591 | ||
| Kieserite (*) | Kieserite | Mg(SO4)·H2O | 1 | 59092 | 80 | ||
| Koritnigite (*) | Koritnigite | Zn(AsO3OH)·H2O | 1 | 59088 | 8 | ||
| Köttigite (*) | Vivianite | Zn3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 59088 | 60 | ||
| Ktenasite (*) | Ktenasite Devilline | ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O | 1 | 59089 | 75 | ||
| Langbeinite (*) | Langbeinite | K2Mg2(SO4)3 | 1 | 59092 | 43 | ||
| Langite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | 2 | 59088,59089 | 593 | ||
| Laurionite (*) | None | PbCl(OH) | 1 | 59089 | 49 | ||
| Leonite (*) | None | K2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O | 1 | 59092 | 24 | ||
| Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 1 | 59089 | 581 | ||
| Leucite (*) | Analcime | K(AlSi2O6) | 1 | 59089 | 233 | ||
| Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 2 | 59088,59089 | 987 | ||
| Löweite (*) | None | Na12Mg7(SO4)13·15H2O | 1 | 59092 | 28 | ||
| Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 59092 | 1487 | ||
| Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 6 | 59077,59078,59081,59088,59089,59090 | 12537 | ||
| Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 1 | 59088 | 5674 | ||
| Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 59089 | 915 | ||
| Metavoltine (*) | Metavoltine | K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O | 1 | 59088 | 78 | ||
| Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 2 | 59084,59088 | 1066 | ||
| Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 1 | 59089 | 1107 | ||
| Mirabilite (*) | None | Na2(SO4)·10H2O | 1 | 59092 | 223 | ||
| Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 1 | 59089 | 5800 | ||
| Monohydrocalcite (*) | None | Ca(CO3)·H2O | 2 | 59077,59088 | 55 | ||
| Morenosite (*) | Epsomite | Ni(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 59088 | 84 | ||
| Mullite (*) | None | Al4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4) | 1 | 59081 | 78 | ||
| Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 59081 | 17380 | ||
| Nickelhexahydrite (*) | Hexahydrite | Ni(SO4)·6H2O | 1 | 59088 | 37 | ||
| Nickeline (*) | Nickeline | NiAs | 2 | 59084,59088 | 633 | ||
| Nickelskutterudite (*) | Skutterudite Perovskite | (Ni,Co,Fe)As3 | 2 | 59084,59088 | 176 | ||
| Norsethite (*) | None | BaMg(CO3)2 | 1 | 59089 | 30 | ||
| Olivenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 59088 | 492 | ||
| Gersdorffite-Pa3 (*) | Pyrite | NiAsS | 2 | 59079,59088 | 767 | ||
| Parahopeite (*) | Parahopeite | Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O | 1 | 59089 | 11 | ||
| Pararammelsbergite (*) | Löllingite | NiAs2 | 1 | 59088 | 52 | ||
| Parasymplesite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 124 | ||
| Paratacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6 | 1 | 59089 | 158 | ||
| Pharmacolite (*) | Gypsum | Ca(AsO3OH)·2H2O | 1 | 59088 | 105 | ||
| Phaunouxite (*) | None | Ca3(AsO4)2·11H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 14 | ||
| Phosgenite (*) | None | Pb2(CO3)Cl2 | 1 | 59089 | 142 | ||
| Picromerite (*) | Picromerite | K2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O | 1 | 59092 | 44 | ||
| Picropharmacolite (*) | None | Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 99 | ||
| Pitticite (*) | None | [Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?) | 1 | 59088 | 140 | ||
| Polyhalite (*) | None | K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O | 1 | 59092 | 102 | ||
| Posnjakite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O | 3 | 59078,59079,59088 | 309 | ||
| Pseudowollastonite (*) | None | CaSiO3 | 1 | 59089 | 7 | ||
| Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 2 | 59088,59092 | 39462 | ||
| Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 3 | 59081,59088,59092 | 61156 | ||
| Quenstedtite (*) | Not in a structural group | Fe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O | 1 | 59089 | 17 | ||
| Rammelsbergite (*) | Löllingite | NiAs2 | 3 | 59075,59076,59088 | 233 | ||
| Rauenthalite (*) | None | Ca3(AsO4)2·10H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 23 | ||
| Retgersite (*) | None | Ni(SO4)·6H2O | 1 | 59088 | 55 | ||
| Rhodochrosite (*) | Calcite | Mn(CO3) | 1 | 59089 | 1711 | ||
| Rhomboclase (*) | Not in a structural group | (H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O | 1 | 59088 | 53 | ||
| Richelsdorfite (*) | None | Ca2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 57 | ||
| Rinneite (*) | Rinneite | K3NaFe2+Cl6 | 1 | 59092 | 20 | ||
| Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 59089 | 454 | ||
| Roselite (*) | Roselite | Ca2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 23 | ||
| Rösslerite (*) | None | Mg(AsO3OH)·7H2O | 1 | 59088 | 16 | ||
| Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 2 | 59088,59089 | 293 | ||
| Safflorite (*) | Löllingite | CoAs2 | 1 | 59088 | 317 | ||
| Sainfeldite (*) | Hureaulite | Ca5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 28 | ||
| Schulenbergite (*) | Ktenasite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O | 1 | 59089 | 142 | ||
| Serpierite (*) | Devilline | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 6 | 59077,59078,59079,59088,59089,59090 | 292 | ||
| Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 2 | 59088,59089 | 6417 | ||
| Simonkolleite (*) | None | Zn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59089 | 11 |
| Skutterudite (*) | Skutterudite Perovskite | CoAs3 | 3 | 59084,59088,59090 | 531 | ||
| Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 59088 | 2473 | ||
| Spangolite (*) | Spangolite | Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O | 1 | 59089 | 105 | ||
| Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 2 | 59088,59089 | 21482 | ||
| Strashimirite (*) | None | Cu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O | 3 | 59079,59088,59090 | 90 | ||
| Sudoite (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 | 1 | 59081 | 51 | ||
| Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 3 | 59088,59089,59092 | 2045 | ||
| Susannite (*) | None | Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 59089 | 99 | ||
| Sylvite (*) | Rocksalt | KCl | 1 | 59092 | 275 | ||
| Syngenite (*) | Syngenite | K2Ca(SO4)2·H2O | 1 | 59092 | 44 | ||
| Szomolnokite (*) | Kieserite | Fe(SO4)·H2O | 1 | 59088 | 139 | ||
| Talmessite (*) | Fairfieldite | Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 46 | ||
| Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 1 | 59088 | 1803 | ||
| Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 1 | 59088 | 1101 | ||
| Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 2 | 59088,59090 | 5317 | ||
| Theisite (*) | None | Cu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14 | 1 | 59088 | 58 | ||
| Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 1 | 59088 | 433 | ||
| Tridymite (*) | Tridymite | SiO2 | 1 | 59081 | 458 | ||
| Tyrolite (*) | Tyrolite | Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O | 1 | 59088 | 245 | ||
| Ulexite (*) | None | NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O | 1 | 59069 | 160 | ||
| Vaesite (*) | Pyrite | NiS2 | 2 | 59084,59088 | 106 | ||
| Vanthoffite (*) | None | Na6Mg(SO4)4 | 1 | 59092 | 16 | ||
| Vivianite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 59089 | 636 | ||
| Vladimirite (*) | None | Ca4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)·4H2O | 2 | 59088,59090 | 15 | ||
| Wadsleyite (*) | Wadsleyite | Mg2SiO4 | 1 | 59089 | 13 | ||
| Weilite (*) | None | Ca(AsO3OH) | 2 | 59088,59090 | 19 | ||
| Willemite (*) | Phenakite | Zn2SiO4 | 1 | 59089 | 303 | ||
| Witherite (*) | Aragonite | Ba(CO3) | 1 | 59089 | 251 | ||
| Wülfingite (*) | Cristobalite | Zn(OH)2 | 1 | 59089 | 5 | ||
| Zincite (*) | Wurtzite | ZnO | 1 | 59089 | 98 |
| Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
|---|---|---|
| R070586 | Heringen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany | https://rruff.info/R070586 |
| R130117 | Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany | https://rruff.info/R130117 |
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