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 | 20445 | 2793 | ||
Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 3 | 20499,20500,20515 | 3419 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 5 | 20445,20473,20494,20499,20507 | 8803 | ||
Allophane (*) | Allophane | Al2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O | 2 | 20490,20499 | 470 | ||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 3 | 20454,20499,20515 | 2353 | ||
Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 1 | 20473 | 2162 | ||
Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | 1 | 20486 | 1310 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 5 | 20441,20444,20445,20450,20523 | 2734 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 5 | 20445,20449,20464,20520,20521 | 3092 | ||
Annabergite (*) | Vivianite | Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 20445 | 445 | ||
Anthophyllite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 20515 | 718 | ||
Antimony (*) | Arsenic | Sb | 2 | 20449,20450 | 363 | ||
Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 1 | 20490 | 246 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 5 | 20464,20468,20495,20520,20522 | 3250 | ||
Arsenic (*) | Arsenic | As | 2 | 20449,20465 | 379 | ||
Arsenolite (*) | Arsenolite | As2O3 | 1 | 20445 | 231 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 11 | 20441,20443,20444,20445,20447,20448,20449,20450,20456,20488,20512 | 9052 | ||
Aurichalcite (*) | None | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 1 | 20523 | 919 | ||
Axinite-(Fe) (*) | Axinite | Ca4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2 | 1 | 20488 | 260 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 5 | 20441,20444,20464,20521,20523 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 3 | 20520,20522,20523 | 11547 | ||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 2 | 20454,20515 | 4286 | ||
Bismite (*) | None | Bi2O3 | 1 | 20445 | 214 | ||
Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 2 | 20445,20456 | 1966 | ||
Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 2 | 20445,20456 | 1935 | ||
Boltwoodite (*) | None | (K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O | 1 | 20454 | 67 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 2 | 20480,20522 | 5516 | ||
Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 1 | 20443 | 843 | ||
Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 2 | 20441,20444 | 1089 | ||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 2 | 20450,20499 | 1633 | ||
Brookite (*) | Brookite | TiO2 | 1 | 20473 | 700 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 10 | 20441,20444,20449,20450,20472,20477,20498,20507,20520,20522 | 27770 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 4 | 20441,20444,20445,20450 | 4979 | ||
Cervantite (*) | None | Sb3+Sb5+O4 | 1 | 20464 | 352 | ||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 20490 | 925 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1 | 20522 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 15 | 20441,20444,20445,20446,20449,20450,20460,20467,20480,20484,20488,20520,20521,20522,20523 | 27198 | ||
Chalcostibite (*) | Chalcostibite | CuSbS2 | 2 | 20449,20450 | 162 | ||
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 1 | 20519 | 2600 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 2 | 20445,20510 | 1756 | ||
Clinohumite (*) | Humite | Mg9(SiO4)4F2 | 1 | 20515 | 236 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 6 | 20498,20499,20500,20501,20506,20515 | 1025 | ||
Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 1 | 20445 | 966 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 2 | 20449,20450 | 3846 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 4 | 20445,20460,20490,20521 | 4165 | ||
Cubanite (*) | Cubanite Wurtzite | CuFe2S3 | 1 | 20445 | 802 | ||
Cummingtonite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 2 | 20514,20515 | 327 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 1 | 20490 | 2970 | ||
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 1 | 20522 | 1027 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 2 | 20449,20515 | 4135 | ||
Djurleite (*) | None | Cu31S16 | 1 | 20490 | 300 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 3 | 20472,20520,20522 | 9895 | ||
Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 20446 | 648 | ||
Duftite (*) | Adelite | PbCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 20523 | 220 | ||
Dumortierite (*) | Dumortierite | AlAl6BSi3O18 | 4 | 20454,20492,20501,20515 | 231 | ||
Emplectite (*) | Chalcostibite | CuBiS2 | 1 | 20445 | 246 | ||
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 1 | 20522 | 910 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 5 | 20481,20499,20500,20508,20520 | 8173 | ||
Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 20445 | 814 | ||
Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 2 | 20477,20507 | 2740 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 8 | 20441,20443,20444,20445,20450,20478,20522,20523 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 20502 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 5 | 20441,20444,20445,20456,20488 | 30554 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 3 | 20442,20498,20500 | 2812 | ||
Greigite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2S4 | 1 | 20450 | 62 | ||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 20515 | 1544 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 1 | 20448 | 6890 | ||
Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1 | 20450 | 409 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 4 | 20445,20473,20484,20520 | 14640 | ||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 20523 | 1689 | ||
Hydroniumjarosite (*) | Alunite | (H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 20490 | 65 | ||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 2 | 20522,20523 | 1066 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 3 | 20473,20507,20522 | 5433 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 20490 | 2228 | ||
Kaňkite (*) | Kaňkite | Fe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O | 1 | 20445 | 38 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 2 | 20490,20522 | 5591 | ||
Kyanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2OSiO4 | 8 | 20454,20463,20486,20498,20502,20506,20515,20516 | 1507 | ||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 2 | 20499,20507 | 581 | ||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 1 | 20444 | 987 | ||
Löllingite (*) | Löllingite | FeAs2 | 2 | 20445,20456 | 762 | ||
Ludlockite (*) | None | PbFe3+4As3+10O22 | 1 | 20445 | 15 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 2 | 20445,20499 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 11 | 20441,20444,20446,20450,20464,20480,20484,20499,20507,20521,20523 | 12537 | ||
Manganite (*) | Rutile | Mn3+O(OH) | 2 | 20439,20515 | 770 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 1 | 20456 | 5674 | ||
Marialite (*) | Scapolite | Na4Al3Si9O24Cl | 1 | 20499 | 139 | ||
Meionite (*) | Scapolite | Ca4Al6Si6O24(CO3) | 1 | 20499 | 176 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 20490 | 915 | ||
Metastibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 3 | 20464,20520,20522 | 87 | ||
Metatorbernite (*) | None | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O | 2 | 20454,20515 | 443 | ||
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 4 | 20441,20444,20450,20523 | 1107 | ||
Monazite-(Ce) (*) | Monazite | Ce(PO4) | 2 | 20503,20515 | 945 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 6 | 20453,20454,20458,20499,20515,20520 | 17380 | ||
Omphacite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6 | 4 | 20453,20499,20502,20506 | 229 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 20454 | 2994 | ||
Orpiment (*) | Orpiment | As2S3 | 2 | 20445,20449 | 511 | ||
Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 2 | 20458,20499 | 2349 | ||
Palygorskite (*) | Palygorskite Clay | (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O | 1 | 20522 | 306 | ||
Parasymplesite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 2 | 20448,20512 | 124 | ||
Pargasite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 4 | 20499,20502,20506,20510 | 313 | ||
Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 2 | 20445,20449 | 2273 | ||
Pitticite (*) | None | [Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?) | 1 | 20512 | 140 | ||
Plagionite (*) | None | Pb5Sb8S17 | 1 | 20450 | 100 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 11 | 20470,20486,20487,20488,20499,20500,20504,20507,20508,20509,20515 | 1898 | ||
Preisingerite (*) | None | Bi3O(AsO4)2(OH) | 1 | 20456 | 53 | ||
Proustite (*) | None | Ag3AsS3 | 1 | 20445 | 733 | ||
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+) (*) | Pumpellyite | Ca2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O | 2 | 20500,20507 | 30 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 18 | 20441,20442,20443,20444,20445,20447,20448,20449,20450,20456,20460,20464,20488,20490,20502,20506,20520,20521 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 2 | 20439,20515 | 3106 | ||
Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 20505 | 1725 | ||
Pyrope (*) | Garnet | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 20502 | 341 | ||
Pyrophyllite (*) | Clay Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 | 1 | 20490 | 771 | ||
Pyroxmangite (*) | None | Mn2+SiO3 | 2 | 20439,20515 | 147 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 2 | 20445,20490 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 25 | 20439,20441,20444,20446,20449,20450,20453,20454,20456,20460,20467,20473,20484,20487,20490,20499,20501,20502,20506,20514,20519,20520,20521,20522,20523 | 61156 | ||
Realgar (*) | None | AsS | 8 | 20441,20442,20443,20444,20445,20448,20449,20450 | 712 | ||
Rhodochrosite (*) | Calcite | Mn(CO3) | 1 | 20439 | 1711 | ||
Rhodonite (*) | Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn(Si5O15) | 3 | 20439,20492,20515 | 969 | ||
Römerite (*) | Römerite | Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O | 1 | 20490 | 115 | ||
Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 3 | 20441,20444,20523 | 454 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 8 | 20473,20485,20498,20499,20502,20503,20506,20516 | 5614 | ||
Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 2 | 20449,20450 | 4894 | ||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 6 | 20445,20449,20453,20454,20458,20515 | 2705 | ||
Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 6 | 20441,20443,20444,20447,20448,20512 | 1153 | ||
Senarmontite (*) | Arsenolite | Sb2O3 | 2 | 20520,20522 | 179 | ||
Serpierite (*) | Devilline | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 20450 | 292 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 2 | 20444,20519 | 6417 | ||
Siderotil (*) | Chalcanthite | Fe(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 20490 | 84 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 20450 | 2473 | ||
Spessartine (*) | Garnet | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 20439 | 1214 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 7 | 20441,20444,20445,20478,20520,20522,20523 | 21482 | ||
Staurolite (*) | Staurolite | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) | 2 | 20474,20506 | 978 | ||
Stibiconite (*) | Pyrochlore | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) | 2 | 20464,20520 | 446 | ||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 4 | 20449,20450,20464,20520 | 3418 | ||
Strontianite (*) | Aragonite | Sr(CO3) | 1 | 20477 | 589 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 4 | 20441,20444,20450,20522 | 2045 | ||
Symplesite (*) | Symplesite | Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 20512 | 92 | ||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 2 | 20445,20522 | 1803 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 4 | 20449,20450,20521,20523 | 5317 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 8 | 20473,20498,20499,20506,20507,20509,20510,20522 | 4899 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 3 | 20449,20452,20515 | 2562 | ||
Uraninite (*) | Fluorite | UO2 | 2 | 20454,20515 | 2718 | ||
Uranophane-α (*) | None | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O | 1 | 20454 | 890 | ||
Valentinite (*) | None | Sb2O3 | 2 | 20464,20520 | 369 | ||
Vesuvianite (*) | Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | 1 | 20515 | 1395 | ||
Wittichenite (*) | None | Cu3BiS3 | 1 | 20445 | 297 | ||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 1 | 20523 | 1655 | ||
Xenotime-(Y) (*) | Zircon | Y(PO4) | 2 | 20453,20515 | 939 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 6 | 20453,20454,20498,20502,20506,20515 | 5251 | ||
Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 5 | 20490,20498,20502,20506,20515 | 1025 |
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