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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Acanthite (*) | Acanthite | Ag2S | 1 | 60407 | 2793 | ||
Adamite (*) | Andalusite | Zn2(AsO4)(OH) | 2 | 60408,60432 | 254 | ||
Agardite-(Y) (*) | Mixite | YCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 60408 | 90 | ||
Allophane (*) | Allophane | Al2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O | 1 | 60432 | 470 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 8 | 60407,60408,60417,60419,60421,60424,60431,60432 | 2734 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 3 | 60407,60421,60424 | 3092 | ||
Annabergite (*) | Vivianite | Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 60422 | 445 | ||
Roselite-β (*) | Fairfieldite | Ca2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O | 1 | 60414 | 21 | ||
Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 1 | 60431 | 246 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 6 | 60416,60419,60421,60424,60431,60432 | 3250 | ||
Aurichalcite (*) | None | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 4 | 60407,60408,60421,60432 | 919 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 8 | 60407,60408,60413,60416,60423,60431,60432,60433 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 3 | 60411,60419,60421 | 11547 | ||
Bayldonite (*) | None | Cu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 | 2 | 60407,60408 | 172 | ||
Beudantite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 4 | 60407,60408,60416,60419 | 413 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 0 | 5516 | |||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 4 | 60408,60421,60424,60431 | 1633 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 12 | 60407,60408,60411,60413,60416,60417,60421,60424,60429,60431,60432,60433 | 27770 | ||
Caledonite (*) | Caledonite | Cu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 | 3 | 60408,60419,60421 | 359 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 13 | 60407,60408,60411,60413,60414,60416,60417,60419,60421,60423,60424,60431,60432 | 4979 | ||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 2 | 60431,60432 | 925 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 10 | 60407,60408,60411,60413,60416,60417,60421,60424,60431,60432 | 27198 | ||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 1 | 60432 | 3531 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 3 | 60424,60431,60432 | 3846 | ||
Corkite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 | 2 | 60407,60432 | 151 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 6 | 60407,60408,60419,60421,60431,60432 | 4165 | ||
Crednerite (*) | None | CuMnO2 | 1 | 60432 | 35 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 6 | 60407,60408,60419,60424,60431,60432 | 2970 | ||
Descloizite (*) | Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) | 2 | 60407,60413 | 378 | ||
Devilline (*) | Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 4 | 60407,60408,60421,60431 | 366 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 2 | 60421,60432 | 9895 | ||
Duftite (*) | Adelite | PbCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 60407 | 220 | ||
Elyite (*) | None | CuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O | 1 | 60407 | 85 | ||
Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 2 | 60421,60422 | 814 | ||
Ferricopiapite (*) | Copiapite | Fe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 2 | 60431,60432 | 41 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 13 | 60407,60408,60411,60413,60416,60417,60419,60420,60421,60424,60429,60431,60432 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 9 | 60407,60408,60413,60416,60417,60419,60421,60431,60432 | 7437 | ||
Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 1 | 60432 | 717 | ||
Gunningite (*) | Kieserite | Zn(SO4)·H2O | 2 | 60424,60431 | 48 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 3 | 60421,60431,60432 | 6890 | ||
Halite (*) | Rocksalt | NaCl | 0 | 1398 | |||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 5 | 60408,60419,60421,60431,60432 | 14640 | ||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 5 | 60407,60408,60413,60431,60432 | 1689 | ||
Heterogenite (*) | None | Co3+O(OH) | 1 | 60431 | 111 | ||
Hidalgoite (*) | Alunite | PbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6 | 2 | 60416,60421 | 57 | ||
Hörnesite (*) | Vivianite | Mg3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 2 | 60407,60408 | 103 | ||
Hydrocerussite (*) | None | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 60419 | 201 | ||
Halloysite-10Å (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O | 1 | 60432 | 62 | ||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 2 | 60407,60408 | 1066 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 4 | 60408,60419,60421,60432 | 5591 | ||
Kolwezite (*) | Malachite | CuCo(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 60431 | 10 | ||
Ktenasite (*) | Ktenasite Devilline | ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O | 5 | 60408,60421,60424,60431,60432 | 75 | ||
Langite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | 4 | 60407,60408,60421,60431 | 593 | ||
Lavendulan (*) | None | NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O | 1 | 60408 | 149 | ||
Leadhillite (*) | None | Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 | 3 | 60407,60419,60421 | 265 | ||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 2 | 60407,60432 | 581 | ||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 5 | 60408,60419,60421,60431,60432 | 987 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 10 | 60407,60408,60413,60416,60421,60423,60424,60431,60432,60433 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 7 | 60411,60413,60416,60421,60424,60429,60432 | 5674 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 2 | 60431,60432 | 915 | ||
Mercury (*) | None | Hg | 0 | 397 | |||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 2 | 60407,60424 | 1066 | ||
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 6 | 60407,60408,60416,60424,60431,60432 | 1107 | ||
Minium (*) | Minium | Pb2+2Pb4+O4 | 4 | 60407,60417,60419,60432 | 247 | ||
Mottramite (*) | Descloizite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) | 1 | 60407 | 362 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 60408 | 17380 | ||
Nordstrandite (*) | None | Al(OH)3 | 1 | 60432 | 64 | ||
Olivenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 2 | 60407,60408 | 492 | ||
Otavite (*) | Calcite | Cd(CO3) | 1 | 60431 | 25 | ||
Gersdorffite-Pa3 (*) | Pyrite | NiAsS | 2 | 60407,60422 | 767 | ||
Phosgenite (*) | None | Pb2(CO3)Cl2 | 1 | 60421 | 142 | ||
Pitticite (*) | None | [Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?) | 1 | 60407 | 140 | ||
Plumbojarosite (*) | Alunite | Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2 | 60407,60408 | 477 | ||
Posnjakite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O | 4 | 60408,60421,60431,60432 | 309 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 7 | 60407,60408,60413,60421,60429,60431,60432 | 39462 | ||
Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 10 | 60407,60408,60413,60416,60417,60419,60421,60423,60424,60432 | 1725 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 12 | 60407,60408,60411,60413,60416,60417,60421,60424,60429,60431,60432,60433 | 61156 | ||
Ramsbeckite (*) | None | Cu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O | 1 | 60421 | 68 | ||
Römerite (*) | Römerite | Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O | 1 | 60432 | 115 | ||
Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 7 | 60407,60408,60413,60417,60421,60431,60432 | 454 | ||
Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 1 | 60431 | 293 | ||
Schulenbergite (*) | Ktenasite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O | 1 | 60408 | 142 | ||
Serpierite (*) | Devilline | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 4 | 60408,60421,60431,60432 | 292 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 5 | 60408,60413,60421,60424,60431 | 6417 | ||
Siderotil (*) | Chalcanthite | Fe(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 60431 | 84 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 1 | 60407 | 5186 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 6 | 60407,60408,60413,60417,60431,60432 | 2473 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 10 | 60407,60408,60411,60413,60417,60419,60421,60429,60431,60432 | 21482 | ||
Strashimirite (*) | None | Cu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O | 0 | 90 | |||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 4 | 60407,60408,60419,60432 | 2045 | ||
Szomolnokite (*) | Kieserite | Fe(SO4)·H2O | 1 | 60431 | 139 | ||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 1 | 60421 | 1803 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 2 | 60421,60423 | 5317 | ||
Theisite (*) | None | Cu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14 | 1 | 60414 | 58 | ||
Vanadinite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl | 1 | 60407 | 605 | ||
Woodwardite (*) | Woodwardite Hydrotalcite | (Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2) | 1 | 60408 | 57 | ||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 5 | 60407,60416,60417,60423,60424 | 1655 |
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