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Locality Name:
Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 41784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 293
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 209

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ankogel Group
Glockner Group
Goldberg Group
Hafner Group
Heiligenblut
Malta Valley
Reißeck Group

Latitude: 47°2'13"N
Longitude: 13°5'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.036944444444,13.085

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Sr Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenic
ArsenopyriteAtelestiteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBismutiteBixbyiteBournoniteBranneriteBrochantite
BrookiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisite
CopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDevillineDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGravegliaiteGypsumHalotrichite
KaoliniteKieseriteKobelliteLepidocrociteLillianiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMelonite
MeneghiniteMicaMilariteMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OrpimentPalygorskitePavonitePentlanditePharmacosideritePhenakitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteStilbiteSulphurSymplesiteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineTridymiteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

224 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)
Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aschamalmite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Barroisite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Bavenite  (*)Bazzite  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Brushite  (*)Bukovskýite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Cleusonite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dypingite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Eskimoite  (*)Euclase  (*)
Felbertalite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fleisstalite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Giessenite  (*)Gladite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydroxylpyromorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ice  (*)Idaite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Imiterite  (*)Izoklakeite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kintoreite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montanite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Népouite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Pavonite  (*)Pekoite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Slavíkite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Xilingolite  (*)
Yecoraite  (*)Zincite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S819834,19862,19934,19955,19958,19959,19966,199872793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21019857,19915,19949,20004,20011,20016,20067,20070,20080,200833419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3319901,19918,19972315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3419810,19812,19814,19815,19817,19818,19821,19829,19830,19834,19836,19842,19848,19849,19866,19882,19883,19887,19889,19893,19917,19918,19919,19934,19942,19947,19972,20013,20016,20039,20043,20073,20077,200918803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S211990128
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O2727319840,19870,20056470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31199202353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe420002,20047,20050,20052489
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O12006146
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23419807,19810,19812,19814,19815,19817,19818,19820,19821,19822,19825,19828,19829,19833,19842,19849,19865,19883,19887,19891,19897,19904,19910,19914,19917,19921,19942,20001,20034,20037,20039,20041,20062,200912162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1819834,19838,19840,19901,19905,19914,19915,19958,19959,19963,19966,19967,19982,19984,19987,19990,19996,200912734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)319817,19946,200271588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21519814,19817,19829,19861,19880,19883,19887,19890,19918,19925,19926,19930,19996,20053,200563092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4519857,19879,20010,20058,20060708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1219807,19829,19865,19876,19919,19986,19987,20016,20056,20061,20071,200913250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3919857,19861,19904,19905,19911,19914,19915,19928,19931,19932,19934,19938,19939,19953,19954,19955,19956,19957,19958,19959,19960,19965,19966,19967,19978,19982,19984,19986,19987,19988,19990,19996,20017,20030,20031,20032,20033,20060,200729052
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS911991516
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)11996547
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61200432060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6719862,19897,19899,19925,19986,19987,19990919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)227271219862,19870,19883,19892,19897,19963,19972,19986,19987,19991,20020,200645509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)119846161
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)211985849
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1119822,19829,19834,19840,19876,19963,20001,20056,20060,20061,2009111547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F120073304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)719883,19889,19890,20023,20028,20037,20039255
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O219883,2001051
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1211997245
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2519883,19937,19946,19947,20034606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181819814,19841,19845,19883,19918,19926,19940,19946,19947,20025,20027,20034,20075,20077,20078,20081,20095,200984286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6219905,20031413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7119862450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3219966,19969214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi819838,19839,19958,19969,19984,19986,19988,199901966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32219828,19839,19904,19906,19914,19918,19923,19964,19965,19966,19969,19972,19978,19984,19986,19990,20030,20031,20033,20050,20052,200981935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)219906,20098716
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3119934104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4919897,19963,19972,19996,20013,20047,20050,20052,200605516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11219904,20002843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3519861,19934,19955,19959,200021089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6219910,20090248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6719834,19897,19898,19899,19996,20018,200601633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21619807,19812,19814,19817,19821,19822,19825,19829,19833,19842,19849,19904,19917,20034,20037,20039700
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O419833,19986,19987,19990104
Bukovskýite  (*)NoneFe3+2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·7H2O219984,1998813
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6019810,19812,19814,19817,19818,19820,19823,19824,19825,19829,19834,19836,19838,19840,19842,19845,19848,19849,19861,19864,19865,19876,19883,19885,19887,19888,19889,19890,19893,19898,19899,19900,19907,19913,19917,19918,19925,19927,19934,19942,19963,19972,19984,19987,19988,19989,19996,20001,20011,20013,20016,20027,20031,20037,20039,20041,20043,20056,20060,2009127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6119967359
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)211983926
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O319834,19914,1995088
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)320037,20039,200411252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2419834,19838,19840,19861,19905,19914,19928,19934,19938,19953,19955,19957,19958,19959,19963,19967,19984,19987,19990,19991,19993,19996,20060,200914979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O119897925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O11983491
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O219914,19958197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227277019833,19834,19838,19839,19840,19849,19861,19864,19867,19870,19876,19878,19880,19882,19890,19897,19898,19899,19900,19901,19904,19914,19915,19917,19918,19920,19923,19925,19934,19938,19939,19955,19957,19959,19963,19966,19967,19972,19978,19980,19984,19986,19987,19988,19989,19990,19991,19993,19996,20002,20018,20020,20030,20031,20032,20033,20034,20039,20047,20048,20049,20050,20051,20052,20060,20064,20071,20072,20088,2009127198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8419834,19934,19940,19949577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2719852,19858,19859,19863,19866,19981,20007376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4220056,200613902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2727519833,19840,19842,19870,200633531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4120013951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS27271198722600
Cleusonite  (*)CrichtonitePb(U4+,U6+)Fe2+2(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)3812000114
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82219807,19816,19829,19830,19836,19846,19889,19890,19897,19920,19924,19973,19978,20033,20035,20037,20039,20056,20058,20060,20067,200701756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)420034,20037,20039,200411025
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O120024382
Copper  (*)CopperCu419897,19972,19986,199873846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6119834151
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5919901,19915,19918,19934,19958,19978,20030,20031,20033344
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl211992854
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2419834,19838,19840,19862,19914,19934,19955,19958,19959,19966,19967,19972,19978,19987,19996,20022,20030,20031,20032,20033,20047,20052,20060,200884165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3219972,20002802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2119944327
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S511997218
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2219834,19892179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O319897,19898,19899366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4120061651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1198381027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6419857,19866,20011,200164135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227271919834,19852,19861,19865,19866,19871,19880,19910,19918,19984,19988,19996,20001,20008,20033,20037,20056,20072,200919895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O220056,2006150
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6120010944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2719817,19820,19823,19825,19829,19830,19842,19849,19866,19878,19890,19897,19899,19909,19918,19920,19925,19937,19972,20016,20027,20037,20039,20041,20057,20060,200798173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O219997,20010484
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S3611995820
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)119893120
Felbertalite  (*)NoneCu2Pb6Bi8S191199019
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O119915345
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O119997107
Fleisstalite  (*)GravegliaiteFe2+(SO3)·3H2O1199211
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1819814,19820,19821,19825,19829,19834,19846,19848,19849,19883,19889,19890,19947,19993,20037,20039,20041,200432740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O319820,20037,20039303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22319820,19825,19845,19859,19883,19889,19890,19892,19906,19918,19925,19926,19936,19937,19942,19947,19952,20027,20037,20039,20041,20043,200609617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121119861,19862,19914,19934,19959,19966,19978,19986,20030,20031,20033663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6119833,19834,19838,19840,19857,19861,19862,19876,19880,19901,19905,19907,19914,19915,19918,19925,19928,19932,19934,19938,19939,19953,19954,19955,19957,19958,19959,19960,19966,19967,19972,19980,19984,19986,19987,19988,19989,19990,19991,19993,19996,20002,20017,20030,20031,20034,20037,20039,20041,20047,20048,20049,20050,20051,20052,20053,20060,20071,20072,20087,2009124243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4619904,19914,19915,19918,20030,20031192
Giessenite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)2Pb26.4(Bi,Sb)19.6S57319934,20030,2003118
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9419904,19914,19958,1997267
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2319852,19858,20021286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1419840,19881,19883,19910,19914,19923,19926,19928,19957,19958,19967,19986,19994,200567437
Gold  (*)CopperAu27274919828,19837,19838,19857,19861,19870,19872,19884,19897,19901,19904,19906,19910,19914,19917,19918,19924,19934,19938,19939,19955,19956,19957,19959,19964,19965,19966,19969,19972,19978,19984,19986,19987,19988,19990,19991,19996,19999,20002,20015,20030,20031,20033,20045,20050,20052,20057,20060,2009830554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6120001173
Graphite  (*)NoneC220001,200762812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS219967,20031717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31198971544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6719917,19918,19934,19953,19958,19986,19990113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27271919871,19881,19897,19899,19987,19989,19990,19994,19996,19997,20024,20027,20028,20037,20042,20050,20052,20060,200646890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32319812,19814,19817,19836,19838,19840,19842,19845,19848,19849,19866,19883,19918,19942,19946,19972,19996,20037,20039,20043,20050,20052,2009114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1119818,19827,19862,19902,19925,19982,19984,19987,19990,20041,200911689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te719972,19986,20047,20050,20052,20060,20091804
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S911995866
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2219833,19840201
Hydroxylpyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3(OH)1198345
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6519862,19986,19987,20002,200911066
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O2727059
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4119972142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32019814,19817,19818,19821,19825,19828,19829,19833,19842,19847,19865,19866,19886,19917,19918,19972,19996,20039,20049,200725433
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2272711987217
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S57319934,20030,2003125
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6219826,200242228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4220056,200615591
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)611983441
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6419904,19914,19958,1997280
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4319829,19843,200071507
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O319897,19898,19996593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1219820,19829,19918,19925,20008,20037,20039,20041,20075,20078,20079,200981271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)219890,19958581
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O12002878
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6619834,19901,19918,19958,19986,20033128
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21219838,19840,19881,19914,19957,19967,19982,19984,19987,19990,19996,20060987
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)419978,19996,20002,20033451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)519857,19879,19897,19975,200011487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427272719812,19814,19818,19823,19828,19829,19855,19861,19866,19872,19874,19883,19891,19897,19898,19899,19900,19918,19944,19945,19972,19996,20039,20045,20050,20052,2005714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)227275519833,19834,19840,19842,19849,19862,19864,19870,19881,19883,19891,19892,19897,19898,19899,19900,19914,19917,19918,19934,19938,19953,19957,19959,19963,19967,19972,19978,19980,19984,19986,19987,19988,19989,19990,19991,19993,19994,19996,20011,20013,20017,20018,20020,20032,20039,20047,20049,20050,20051,20052,20060,20064,20071,2008812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21219861,19914,19918,19923,19928,19978,19984,19986,19987,19988,20001,200335674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2719918,19934,19958,19972,19984,19986,19990252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS811997292
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)211991734
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O220024,20061915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2319996,20050,20052207
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O120039425
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2120053300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)319807,19829,200364924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O119947156
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS519857,19972,20001,20056,200611066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl519861,19928,19934,19957,200311107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22119807,19811,19828,19845,19883,19910,19915,19918,19942,19947,19958,19966,19967,19996,20002,20037,20039,20047,20050,20052,200605800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)219883,19919945
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)319810,19902,1990422
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O12005684
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)319833,19834,19840362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22819817,19818,19820,19823,19829,19830,19834,19852,19864,19882,19883,19890,19897,19917,19918,19920,19925,19996,20001,20037,20039,20041,20056,20061,20070,20072,20094,2009617380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4120001112
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4220056,2006166
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)311999664
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3119982511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1198292349
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O119921306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS219857,19915767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219866,20019247
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O219978,20033124
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S511997272
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S18319904,19914,1997239
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81199151512
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O120033428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)719845,19890,19946,19947,19965,20075,20091326
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O120024265
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O11998799
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)119861140
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6119834170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6219834,19915477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1119861,19904,19914,19925,19934,19955,19958,19959,19966,19987,20053716
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O119824102
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O819897,19898,19899,20018,20048,20050,20060,20088309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22119809,19816,19817,19820,19823,19825,19829,19830,19842,19846,19848,19918,19925,20008,20037,20039,20041,20043,20075,20077,200791898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3119934733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3719861,19914,19955,19958,19959,19986,200531425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2272710519807,19811,19814,19817,19818,19821,19829,19834,19836,19838,19839,19840,19845,19848,19857,19861,19864,19865,19867,19870,19872,19876,19878,19880,19883,19897,19898,19899,19900,19901,19904,19906,19907,19910,19914,19915,19916,19917,19918,19920,19928,19931,19932,19934,19938,19939,19944,19953,19954,19955,19956,19957,19958,19959,19960,19965,19966,19969,19972,19978,19980,19984,19986,19987,19988,19989,19990,19991,19993,19996,19997,20001,20002,20005,20016,20017,20018,20020,20027,20030,20031,20032,20033,20037,20038,20039,20042,20043,20047,20048,20049,20050,20051,20052,20053,20056,20059,20060,20068,20071,20072,20076,20087,20088,2009139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2219957,199583106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1198341725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827273119839,19861,19872,19880,19890,19897,19898,19899,19900,19904,19914,19915,19918,19923,19934,19959,19966,19978,19984,19986,19987,19988,19990,19996,20030,20031,20033,20039,20042,20056,200729056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213219808,19810,19812,19814,19816,19817,19818,19819,19820,19821,19822,19823,19825,19828,19829,19830,19831,19833,19834,19836,19837,19839,19840,19842,19845,19846,19847,19848,19849,19852,19854,19855,19861,19865,19874,19880,19882,19883,19884,19885,19886,19887,19888,19889,19890,19892,19893,19897,19898,19899,19900,19901,19904,19905,19906,19907,19909,19910,19911,19914,19915,19916,19917,19918,19919,19920,19921,19923,19924,19925,19926,19927,19928,19929,19930,19934,19937,19942,19944,19946,19947,19952,19953,19955,19957,19958,19959,19961,19962,19963,19965,19966,19967,19969,19972,19978,19985,19986,19987,19989,19993,19996,20001,20008,20009,20011,20020,20025,20027,20028,20031,20033,20035,20037,20039,20041,20042,20043,20052,20053,20056,20060,20062,20075,20076,20079,20086,20090,20091,20092,20095,2009861156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2120073375
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10119958312
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O120024293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25419807,19810,19812,19814,19816,19817,19818,19819,19820,19821,19828,19829,19834,19840,19842,19849,19861,19864,19865,19880,19883,19884,19885,19887,19888,19890,19892,19901,19904,19910,19913,19914,19917,19918,19921,19925,19926,19934,19937,19972,19978,19986,19996,20001,20028,20030,20031,20033,20034,20039,20056,20057,20060,200625614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2319813,19817,19818,19820,19829,19845,19847,19848,19883,19891,19894,19904,19913,19917,19918,19966,19996,20037,20039,20041,20043,20075,200794894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1019821,19823,19883,19887,19888,19991,19993,20002,20088,200982705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O620008,20037,20039,20041,20075,20079390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1619849,19861,19938,19954,19955,19959,19965,19966,19967,19969,19978,19984,19986,19987,19988,200331153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O419982,19984,19987,19990292
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2219897,1989871
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2019834,19876,19891,19906,19914,19918,19919,19924,19927,19928,19934,19957,19958,19959,19966,19967,19972,19975,19989,200566417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4219857,19972249
Silver  (*)CopperAg2727819861,19870,19934,19955,19966,19972,20015,200725186
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O11999744
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)519862,19928,19963,19989,200912473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3719818,19834,19838,19861,19862,19904,19914,19915,19918,19925,19928,19934,19953,19955,19958,19959,19963,19966,19967,19972,19978,19984,19986,19987,19988,19989,19990,20030,20031,20033,20037,20039,20041,20060,20072,20087,2009121482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)119843978
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O120075189
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S312007262
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31198803418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)419946,19986,19987,20001589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS519914,19915,19984,19987,199962045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4219996,20047337
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O219978,2003392
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F219833,19947232
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O120024139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2919836,19879,20004,20058,20060,20067,20070,20080,200833337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131198621803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1519809,19810,19839,19901,19904,19906,19910,19914,19917,19918,19966,19972,20050,20052,20060510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131719861,19862,19904,19914,19934,19955,19958,19959,19963,19966,19978,19986,20002,20030,20033,20047,200915317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O219897,19900183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3419807,19810,19812,19814,19817,19818,19820,19829,19830,19833,19836,19842,19846,19848,19849,19866,19883,19918,19924,19972,20016,20028,20035,20037,20039,20041,20043,20044,20057,20060,20062,20075,20078,200794899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2619944,19963,20004,20010,20016,200672562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe219904,19914100
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21199182718
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)119914251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41519833,19834,19840,19915,19925,19928,19934,19935,19987,19991,19996,20031,20041,20049,200601655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)719814,19817,19829,19834,19883,19891,20037939
Xilingolite  (*)LillianitePb3Bi2S61199127
Yecoraite  (*)NoneFe3+3Bi5O9(Te4+O3)(Te6+O4)2·9H2O319906,19917,200987
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO12005698
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)519834,20037,20039,20057,200725251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)819863,19882,19883,19920,19962,19972,19996,200161025



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-000952727 K-Ar     Cinnabar, ImiteriteHg41805Ruden, Asten Valley, Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria Paar and Niedermayr (1998) MOGG26_425 


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