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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Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 4 | 20067,20070,20080,20083 | 3419 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 3 | 20073,20077,20091 | 8803 | ||
Allophane (*) | Allophane | Al2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O | 1 | 20056 | 470 | ||
Alumohydrocalcite (*) | Alumohydrocalcite | CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O | 1 | 20061 | 46 | ||
Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 2 | 20062,20091 | 2162 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 20091 | 2734 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 1 | 20056 | 3092 | ||
Antigorite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 2 | 20058,20060 | 708 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 4 | 20056,20061,20071,20091 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 2 | 20060,20072 | 9052 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 20064 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 4 | 20056,20060,20061,20091 | 11547 | ||
Bastnäsite-(Ce) (*) | Bastnäsite | Ce(CO3)F | 1 | 20073 | 304 | ||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 6 | 20075,20077,20078,20081,20095,20098 | 4286 | ||
Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 1 | 20098 | 1935 | ||
Bismutite (*) | Bismutite | Bi2O2(CO3) | 1 | 20098 | 716 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 1 | 20060 | 5516 | ||
Brannerite (*) | Brannerite | UTi2O6 | 1 | 20090 | 248 | ||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 20060 | 1633 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 3 | 20056,20060,20091 | 27770 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 2 | 20060,20091 | 4979 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 6 | 20060,20064,20071,20072,20088,20091 | 27198 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 2 | 20056,20061 | 3902 | ||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 1 | 20063 | 3531 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 5 | 20056,20058,20060,20067,20070 | 1756 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 2 | 20060,20088 | 4165 | ||
Dickite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 20061 | 651 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 3 | 20056,20072,20091 | 9895 | ||
Dypingite (*) | None | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O | 2 | 20056,20061 | 50 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 3 | 20057,20060,20079 | 8173 | ||
Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 1 | 20060 | 9617 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 5 | 20060,20071,20072,20087,20091 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 20056 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 3 | 20057,20060,20098 | 30554 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 1 | 20076 | 2812 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 2 | 20060,20064 | 6890 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 1 | 20091 | 14640 | ||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 20091 | 1689 | ||
Hessite (*) | None | Ag2Te | 2 | 20060,20091 | 804 | ||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 1 | 20091 | 1066 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 1 | 20072 | 5433 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 2 | 20056,20061 | 5591 | ||
Laumontite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O | 4 | 20075,20078,20079,20098 | 1271 | ||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 1 | 20060 | 987 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 1 | 20057 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 4 | 20060,20064,20071,20088 | 12537 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 20061 | 915 | ||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 2 | 20056,20061 | 1066 | ||
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 1 | 20060 | 5800 | ||
Morenosite (*) | Epsomite | Ni(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 20056 | 84 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 6 | 20056,20061,20070,20072,20094,20096 | 17380 | ||
Népouite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 | 2 | 20056,20061 | 66 | ||
Phenakite (*) | Phenakite | Be2(SiO4) | 2 | 20075,20091 | 326 | ||
Posnjakite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O | 2 | 20060,20088 | 309 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 3 | 20075,20077,20079 | 1898 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 10 | 20056,20059,20060,20068,20071,20072,20076,20087,20088,20091 | 39462 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 2 | 20056,20072 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 12 | 20056,20060,20062,20075,20076,20079,20086,20090,20091,20092,20095,20098 | 61156 | ||
Riebeckite (*) | Amphibole | Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 20073 | 375 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 4 | 20056,20057,20060,20062 | 5614 | ||
Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 2 | 20075,20079 | 4894 | ||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 2 | 20088,20098 | 2705 | ||
Scolecite (*) | Natrolite | Ca(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O | 2 | 20075,20079 | 390 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 1 | 20056 | 6417 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 1 | 20072 | 5186 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 20091 | 2473 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 4 | 20060,20072,20087,20091 | 21482 | ||
Stellerite (*) | Stilbite | Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O | 1 | 20075 | 189 | ||
Sternbergite (*) | Cubanite | AgFe2S3 | 1 | 20072 | 62 | ||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 6 | 20058,20060,20067,20070,20080,20083 | 3337 | ||
Tetradymite (*) | Tetradymite | Bi2Te2S | 1 | 20060 | 510 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 1 | 20091 | 5317 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 6 | 20057,20060,20062,20075,20078,20079 | 4899 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 20067 | 2562 | ||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 1 | 20060 | 1655 | ||
Yecoraite (*) | None | Fe3+3Bi5O9(Te4+O3)(Te6+O4)2·9H2O | 1 | 20098 | 7 | ||
Zincite (*) | Wurtzite | ZnO | 1 | 20056 | 98 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 2 | 20057,20072 | 5251 |
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