Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corrensite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Steacyite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Beryl ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Steacyite ()*
Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Th

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corrensite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Iron Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Steacyite
Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	250858	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	250860,250885,250886,250889	2162
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	250868	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	250858	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	250854,250868	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	250863	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	250863	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	250858	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	250858	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	250885,250886,250889	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	250884	414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	250854,250855,250858,250868,250881	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	250854	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	250858	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	250858	14640
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		49
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	250866	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	250863	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	250885,250889	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	250858,250866	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	250858,250885,250886,250889	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	250867	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	250858,250878,250879,250885,250886,250889	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	250885,250886	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	3	250885,250886,250889	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	250854,250858,250868	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	250854,250858,250885,250886,250889	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	250866	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	250858,250885,250889	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	250868	21482
Steacyite ()*	Steacyite	K_0.3(Na,Ca)₂ThSi₈O₂₀	0		8
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	250863	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	250858	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	250868	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	3	250885,250886,250889	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	250885,250886,250889	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	250858	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	250863	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	250856	2718
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	3	250885,250886,250889	652
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	250858	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	250868	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	3	250885,250886,250889	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	7	250858,250866,250870,250885,250886,250889,250890	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050182	Henderson Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/X050182

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