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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegirine (*) | Pyroxene | NaFe3+Si2O6 | 0.015 | 0 | 2 | 115647,115651 | 1022 |
| Aegirine-augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 286 |
| Aenigmatite (*) | Sapphirine | Na4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36] | 4.9 | 3.26 | 2 | 115651,115657 | 133 |
| Alabandite (*) | Rocksalt | MnS | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 312 |
| Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 115648 | 8803 | ||
| Alumoåkermanite (*) | Melilite | (Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe2+)(Si2O7) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 7 |
| Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 1 | 115650 | 1627 | ||
| Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 1534 |
| Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 1588 |
| Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 610.6 | 609.4 | 1 | 115643 | 1036 |
| Aphthitalite (*) | Aphthitalite | K3Na(SO4)2 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 77 |
| Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 115642 | 3250 | ||
| Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 2060 |
| Axinite-(Mg) (*) | Axinite | Ca4Mg2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2 | 610.6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Baddeleyite (*) | Baddeleyite | ZrO2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 115636 | 238 |
| Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 115636,115647 | 11547 |
| Barytolamprophyllite (*) | None | (BaK)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 1 | 115657 | 21 |
| Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 2 | 115634,115641 | 4286 | ||
| Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 610.6 | 0 | 5 | 115636,115642,115645,115646,115647 | 27770 |
| Celestine (*) | Baryte | Sr(SO4) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 1252 |
| Cerianite-(Ce) (*) | Fluorite | CeO2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 115636 | 94 |
| Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 2 | 115647,115657 | 27198 |
| Chevkinite-(Ce) (*) | Chevkinite | Ce4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2 | 1 | 115651 | 89 | ||
| Chondrodite (*) | Humite | Mg5(SiO4)2F2 | 1 | 115641 | 285 | ||
| Chrysoberyl (*) | Olivine | BeAl2O4 | 2 | 115634,115641 | 321 | ||
| Combeite (*) | Lovozerite | Na4.5Ca3.5Si6O17.5(OH)0.5 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 3 |
| Corundum (*) | Corundum | Al2O3 | 610.6 | 609.4 | 6 | 115634,115639,115641,115643,115645,115648 | 1797 |
| Cuspidine (*) | Wöhlerite | Ca8(Si2O7)2F4 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 2 | 115647,115657 | 67 |
| Dawsonite (*) | None | NaAl(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 115650 | 90 | ||
| Diaspore (*) | Diaspore | AlO(OH) | 1 | 115648 | 481 | ||
| Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 3 | 115632,115647,115657 | 4135 |
| Djerfisherite (*) | Djerfisherite | K6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 60 |
| Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2 | 115636,115646 | 9895 |
| Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 2 | 115635,115656 | 648 | ||
| Erionite-Na (*) | Erionite | Na10[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O | 1 | 115642 | 13 | ||
| Eudialyte (*) | Eudialyte | Na15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2 | 1 | 115651 | 182 | ||
| Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 0.6 | 0 | 3 | 115636,115646,115647 | 2740 |
| Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 3 | 115642,115647,115657 | 9617 |
| Forsterite (*) | Olivine | Mg2(SiO4) | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 115636,115647 | 1188 |
| Franklinite (*) | Spinel | ZnFe3+2O4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 115636 | 52 |
| Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 4.9 | 3.26 | 2 | 115647,115657 | 24243 |
| Gaylussite (*) | None | Na2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O | 0.015 | 0 | 2 | 115642,115647 | 57 |
| Götzenite (*) | None | Ca4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 1 | 115657 | 27 |
| Graphite (*) | None | C | 1 | 115648 | 2812 | ||
| Gregoryite (*) | None | Na2(CO3) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 3 |
| Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 6890 |
| Halite (*) | Rocksalt | NaCl | 0.015 | 0 | 2 | 115642,115647 | 1398 |
| Haüyne (*) | Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite | Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 158 |
| Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 1 | 115656 | 14640 | ||
| Hercynite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Al2O4 | 610.6 | 609.4 | 1 | 115645 | 407 |
| Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 1 | 115657 | 5433 |
| Jacobsite (*) | Spinel | Mn2+Fe3+2O4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 115636 | 172 |
| Jörgkellerite (*) | Jorgkellerite | Na3Mn3+3(PO4)2(CO3)O2·5H2O | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 1 |
| Kalicinite (*) | None | KH(CO3) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 7 |
| Kerimasite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Zr2(SiFe3+2)O12 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3 | 115636,115637,115638 | 8 |
| Kimzeyite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Zr2(SiAl2)O12 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 115636 | 17 |
| Kogarkoite (*) | None | Na3(SO4)F | 0.015 | 0 | 2 | 115642,115647 | 14 |
| Kyanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2OSiO4 | 3 | 115653,115655,115656 | 1507 | ||
| Lamprophyllite (*) | None | (SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 63 |
| Larnite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca2(SiO4) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 48 |
| Magnesio-hastingsite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 115632 | 80 | ||
| Magnesioferrite (*) | Spinel | MgFe3+2O4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 115636 | 98 |
| Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 610.6 | 609.4 | 1 | 115645 | 1487 |
| Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 4 | 115636,115647,115653,115657 | 14899 |
| Monohydrocalcite (*) | None | Ca(CO3)·H2O | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 55 |
| Monticellite (*) | Olivine | CaMg(SiO4) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 153 |
| Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0.015 | 0 | 5 | 115646,115647,115648,115655,115656 | 17380 |
| Nahcolite (*) | None | NaH(CO3) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 78 |
| Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 1 | 115650 | 1236 | ||
| Neighborite (*) | Perovskite | NaMgF3 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 17 |
| Nepheline (*) | Tridymite | Na3K(Al4Si4O16) | 4.9 | 3.26 | 4 | 115636,115647,115650,115657 | 884 |
| Niocalite (*) | Wöhlerite | Ca7Nb(Si2O7)2O3F | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 3 |
| Nyerereite (*) | Fairchildite | Na2Ca(CO3)2 | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 115636,115647 | 18 |
| Omphacite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6 | 610.6 | 609.4 | 1 | 115645 | 229 |
| Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 115634 | 2994 | ||
| Oxo-magnesio-hastingsite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg2Fe3+3)(Si6Al2)O22O2 | 1 | 115632 | 3 | ||
| Pargasite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 610.6 | 609.4 | 3 | 115643,115645,115648 | 313 |
| Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 1512 |
| Perovskite (*) | Perovskite | CaTiO3 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 3 | 115636,115647,115657 | 495 |
| Phenakite (*) | Phenakite | Be2(SiO4) | 1 | 115641 | 326 | ||
| Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 610.6 | 0 | 5 | 115632,115641,115643,115647,115648 | 2273 |
| Pirssonite (*) | None | Na2Ca(CO3)2·2H2O | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 19 |
| Pyrope (*) | Garnet | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 | 610.6 | 609.4 | 1 | 115645 | 341 |
| Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 3 | 115636,115647,115657 | 9056 |
| Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 2.2 | 0 | 7 | 115631,115641,115646,115647,115651,115655,115656 | 61156 |
| Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 2 | 115641,115656 | 5614 | ||
| Sanidine (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 4.9 | 3.26 | 2 | 115647,115657 | 598 |
| Schairerite (*) | None | Na21(SO4)7ClF6 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 4 |
| Sellaite (*) | Rutile | MgF2 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 46 |
| Shortite (*) | None | Na2Ca2(CO3)3 | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 37 |
| Sodalite (*) | Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl | 4.9 | 3.26 | 3 | 115647,115651,115657 | 444 |
| Spessartine (*) | Garnet | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 115655,115656 | 1214 | ||
| Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 21482 |
| Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 0.015 | 0 | 2 | 115641,115647 | 1934 |
| Staurolite (*) | Staurolite | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) | 1 | 115653 | 978 | ||
| Strontianite (*) | Aragonite | Sr(CO3) | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 115636 | 589 |
| Sulphohalite (*) | None | Na6(SO4)2ClF | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 115636 | 4 |
| Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 2045 |
| Sylvite (*) | Rocksalt | KCl | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 275 |
| Thénardite (*) | None | Na2(SO4) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 299 |
| Thermonatrite (*) | None | Na2(CO3)·H2O | 0.015 | 0 | 2 | 115642,115647 | 64 |
| Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 4.9 | 3.26 | 2 | 115647,115657 | 4899 |
| Trona (*) | None | Na3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O | 0.015 | 0 | 2 | 115642,115647 | 129 |
| Villiaumite (*) | Rocksalt | NaF | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 31 |
| Witherite (*) | Aragonite | Ba(CO3) | 0.015 | 0 | 1 | 115647 | 251 |
| Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 4.9 | 3.26 | 2 | 115647,115657 | 1247 |
| Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 610.6 | 609.4 | 3 | 115643,115645,115648 | 1025 |
| Age ID | Locality Notes |
|---|---|
| Jen_0000425 | carbonatite complex |
| Jen_0000428 | carbonatite complex |
| Jen_0000430 | carbonatite complex |
| Jen_0000432 | carbonatite complex |
| Jen_0000433 | carbonatite complex |
| Jen_0000559 | MAGMATIC STYLE: Lava flows and tuffs. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Phonolitic and nephelinitic tuffs and rare lavas including rare combeite- and melilite-bearing types. Xenolithic blocks include pyroxenite, ijolite series rocks, nepheline syenite and fenite. |
| Jen_0000576 | MAGMATIC STYLE: Tuffs on the Eyasi Plateau probably emanated from Sadiman and include the Laetoli Beds which contain approximately 25 carbonatite and 35 melilitite-carbonatite air-fall layers. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nephelinitic tuffs and agglomerates with subsidiary lavas of nephelinite, melilite nephelinite, phonolitic trachyte and sodalite phonolite. |
| Jen_0000577 | MAGMATIC STYLE: Tuffs on the Eyasi Plateau probably emanated from Sadiman and include the Laetoli Beds which contain approximately 25 carbonatite and 35 melilitite-carbonatite air-fall layers. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nephelinitic tuffs and agglomerates with subsidiary lavas of nephelinite, melilite nephelinite, phonolitic trachyte and sodalite phonolite. |
| Jen_0000578 | MAGMATIC STYLE: Tuffs on the Eyasi Plateau probably emanated from Sadiman and include the Laetoli Beds which contain approximately 25 carbonatite and 35 melilitite-carbonatite air-fall layers. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nephelinitic tuffs and agglomerates with subsidiary lavas of nephelinite, melilite nephelinite, phonolitic trachyte and sodalite phonolite. |
| Michelle_0058 | Active volcano that produces natrocarbonatite lava. |
| Michelle_0066 | Active volcano that produces natrocarbonatite lava. Jorgkellerite occurs as a rare alteration mineral. |
| Excel ID | Max Age (Ma) | Min Age (Ma) | Age as listed in reference | Dating Method | Age Interpret | Prioritized? | Sample Source | Sample Num | Run Num | Age from other Locality | Dated Mineral | Minerals explicitely stated as having this age | Age applies to these Elements | MinDat Locality ID | Dated Locality (Max Age) | Location as listed in reference | Reference | Reference DOI | Reference ID | Age Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jen_0000428 | 2.15 | 2.03 | 2.09±0.06 | 283002 | Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Arusha | Ernst and Bell (2010) | 10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1 | MP98_55 | ||||||||||||
| Jen_0000430 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.15±0.05 | K-Ar | 283002 | Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Arusha | Ernst and Bell (2010) | 10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1 | MP98_55 | |||||||||||
| Jen_0000425 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6-0.4 | 208416 | Kerimasi Volcano, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Kerimasi | Ernst and Bell (2010) | 10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1 | MP98_55 | ||||||||||||
| Jen_0001538 | 610.6 | 609.4 | 610 ± 0.6 | U-Pb | age of formation of protolith ruby | zircon | Zircon | 211915 | Ruby Occurrence, Muriatata Hills, Longido, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Longido Ruby Occurence | Giuliani et al. (2007) | GOGD37_23 | |||||||||
| Jen_0000559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14962 | Mt Oldoinyo Lengai (Ol Doinyo Lengai), Arusha Region, Tanzania | Oldoinyo Lengai | Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008) | 10.4095/225115 | GSCOF5796 | ||||||||||||
| Michelle_0058 | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.005-0.002 | Stratigraphy | Age of natrocarbonatite | 14962 | Mt Oldoinyo Lengai (Ol Doinyo Lengai), Arusha Region, Tanzania | Mt Oldoinyo Lengai | Hay (1989) | 10.1016/0377-0273(89)90114-5 | JVGR37_77 | Oldest recognizable natrocarbonatite deposit at locality. Cone building began approximately 15,000 years ago but not evident that the gregoryite bearing natrocarbonatite was present. | |||||||||
| Michelle_0066 | 0.015 | 0 | 0.015-0.0 | Age of Mt Oldoinyo Lengai volcanic activity | 14962 | Mt Oldoinyo Lengai (Ol Doinyo Lengai), Arusha Region, Tanzania | Mt Oldoinyo Lengai | Hay (1989) | 10.1016/0377-0273(89)90114-5 | JVGR37_77 | Volcano is still active. Cone building began approximately 15,000 years ago. | ||||||||||
| Jen_0000432 | 3.38 | 3.26 | 3.32±0.06 | K-Ar | 240642 | Sadiman Volcano, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Sadiman Complex | Ernst and Bell (2010) | 10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1 | MP98_55 | |||||||||||
| Jen_0000433 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.5±0.4 | K-Ar | 240642 | Sadiman Volcano, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Sadiman Complex | Ernst and Bell (2010) | 10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1 | MP98_55 | |||||||||||
| Jen_0000576 | 3.91 | 3.91 | 3.91 | 240642 | Sadiman Volcano, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Sadiman | Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008) | 10.4095/225115 | GSCOF5796 | ||||||||||||
| Jen_0000577 | 3.38 | 3.26 | 3.32±0.06 | K-Ar | 240642 | Sadiman Volcano, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Sadiman | Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008) | 10.4095/225115 | GSCOF5796 | |||||||||||
| Jen_0000578 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.5±0.4 | K-Ar | 240642 | Sadiman Volcano, Arusha Region, Tanzania | Sadiman | Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008) | 10.4095/225115 | GSCOF5796 |
| Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
|---|---|---|
| FKM-68 | Longido, Arusha Region, Tanzania | https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-68 |
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