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 | 72812,72821,72822 | 8803 | ||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 2 | 72819,72820 | 1627 | ||
Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 7 | 72805,72807,72809,72813,72815,72817,72822 | 2162 | ||
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 72819,72820 | 1534 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 1 | 72824 | 3092 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 4 | 72805,72809,72810,72813 | 3250 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 2 | 72805,72820 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 3 | 72805,72809,72810 | 11547 | ||
Hartite (*) | None | C20H34 | 1 | 72816 | 14 | ||
Brookite (*) | Brookite | TiO2 | 3 | 72809,72813,72817 | 700 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 8 | 72805,72809,72810,72812,72813,72820,72822,72824 | 27770 | ||
Cervantite (*) | None | Sb3+Sb5+O4 | 1 | 72809 | 352 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 2 | 72805,72820 | 27198 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 1 | 72805 | 3902 | ||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 1 | 72820 | 3531 | ||
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 1 | 72821 | 2600 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 2 | 72820,72822 | 1025 | ||
Copiapite (*) | Copiapite | Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 1 | 72809 | 382 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 1 | 72822 | 3846 | ||
Dawsonite (*) | None | NaAl(CO3)(OH)2 | 2 | 72805,72824 | 90 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 3 | 72819,72820,72822 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 5 | 72805,72809,72810,72820,72824 | 9895 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 3 | 72812,72819,72822 | 8173 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 2 | 72809,72812 | 24243 | ||
Glaucophane (*) | Amphibole | Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 72812 | 286 | ||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 72820 | 1544 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 3 | 72805,72809,72816 | 6890 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 3 | 72809,72812,72822 | 14640 | ||
Jamborite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Ni2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)] | 1 | 72813 | 32 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 72809 | 2228 | ||
Lawsonite (*) | Lawsonite | CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 72812 | 121 | ||
Lizardite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 72820 | 359 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 72808 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 1 | 72820 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 3 | 72815,72817,72822 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 4 | 72805,72809,72810,72824 | 5674 | ||
Melanophlogite (*) | None | C2H17O5·Si46O92 | 1 | 72808 | 38 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 72809 | 915 | ||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 5 | 72805,72807,72810,72813,72820 | 1066 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 72820 | 17380 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 2 | 72808,72816 | 2994 | ||
Pecoraite (*) | Clay Serpentine | Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 72807 | 40 | ||
Pharmacosiderite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O | 1 | 72809 | 428 | ||
Pickeringite (*) | Halotrichite | MgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1 | 72809 | 265 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 3 | 72819,72820,72822 | 1898 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 10 | 72805,72809,72810,72812,72813,72816,72819,72820,72822,72824 | 39462 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 9 | 72805,72808,72809,72810,72812,72813,72815,72816,72820 | 61156 | ||
Reevesite (*) | Hydrotalcite | Ni6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O | 1 | 72813 | 48 | ||
Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 1 | 72809 | 1153 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 3 | 72805,72810,72824 | 6417 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 4 | 72809,72810,72813,72820 | 21482 | ||
Stibiconite (*) | Pyrochlore | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) | 1 | 72809 | 446 | ||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 1 | 72809 | 3418 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 2 | 72806,72810 | 2045 | ||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 2 | 72805,72820 | 3337 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 1 | 72809 | 5317 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 3 | 72820,72821,72822 | 4899 | ||
Vaesite (*) | Pyrite | NiS2 | 2 | 72805,72813 | 106 | ||
Volkonskoite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Ca0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 72808 | 22 | ||
Wurtzite (*) | Wurtzite | ZnS | 3 | 72811,72813,72820 | 372 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 2 | 72820,72822 | 5251 |
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