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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Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 3 | 20200,20202,20237 | 8803 | ||
Allanite-(Ce) (*) | Allanite Epidote | CaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 20215 | 706 | ||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 20229 | 2353 | ||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 1 | 20200 | 1627 | ||
Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 2 | 20200,20215 | 2162 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 20243 | 2734 | ||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 1 | 20215 | 1588 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 5 | 20215,20222,20229,20239,20243 | 3092 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 3 | 20205,20215,20222 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 2 | 20212,20229 | 9052 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 1 | 20222 | 11547 | ||
Brookite (*) | Brookite | TiO2 | 1 | 20219 | 700 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 10 | 20200,20205,20209,20215,20222,20232,20237,20239,20240,20243 | 27770 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 2 | 20212,20239 | 4979 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 10 | 20200,20212,20215,20216,20222,20227,20229,20237,20239,20244 | 27198 | ||
Chamosite (*) | Chlorite Clay | (Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8 | 2 | 20224,20229 | 577 | ||
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 1 | 20220 | 2600 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 2 | 20200,20202 | 1025 | ||
Dachiardite-Na (*) | Dachiardite | Na4(Si20Al4)O48·13H2O | 1 | 20202 | 22 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1 | 20204 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 4 | 20200,20205,20209,20215 | 9895 | ||
Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 20200 | 648 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 3 | 20215,20219,20236 | 8173 | ||
Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 20216 | 814 | ||
Freibergite (*) | Tetrahedrite | Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12 | 1 | 20212 | 663 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 8 | 20212,20215,20216,20225,20229,20237,20239,20243 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 20215 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 1 | 20212 | 30554 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 1 | 20215 | 2812 | ||
Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 1 | 20239 | 717 | ||
Grunerite (*) | Amphibole | Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 20229 | 223 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 3 | 20215,20216,20225 | 6890 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 2 | 20216,20236 | 14640 | ||
Hessite (*) | None | Ag2Te | 1 | 20229 | 804 | ||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 2 | 20239,20243 | 1066 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 1 | 20215 | 5433 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 20211 | 5591 | ||
Kyanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2OSiO4 | 1 | 20215 | 1507 | ||
Lanthanite-(La) (*) | Lanthanite | La2(CO3)3·8H2O | 1 | 20215 | 10 | ||
Laumontite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O | 2 | 20215,20240 | 1271 | ||
Lizardite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 20200 | 359 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 20243 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 3 | 20208,20212,20229 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 4 | 20215,20216,20239,20243 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 3 | 20200,20216,20229 | 5674 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 2 | 20216,20227 | 915 | ||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 2 | 20200,20215 | 1066 | ||
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 1 | 20212 | 1107 | ||
Mordenite (*) | Mordenite | (Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O | 2 | 20200,20215 | 405 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 2 | 20200,20215 | 2994 | ||
Orpiment (*) | Orpiment | As2S3 | 1 | 20211 | 511 | ||
Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 20215 | 2349 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 20202 | 1898 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 10 | 20200,20208,20212,20215,20216,20222,20225,20227,20229,20237 | 39462 | ||
Pyrophyllite (*) | Clay Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 | 1 | 20202 | 771 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 7 | 20200,20215,20216,20227,20229,20237,20244 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 15 | 20200,20202,20209,20212,20215,20216,20218,20219,20220,20224,20227,20229,20236,20237,20244 | 61156 | ||
Realgar (*) | None | AsS | 2 | 20211,20242 | 712 | ||
Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 1 | 20227 | 293 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 2 | 20215,20224 | 5614 | ||
Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 1 | 20244 | 4894 | ||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 2 | 20218,20225 | 2705 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 5 | 20200,20208,20212,20229,20242 | 6417 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 1 | 20243 | 2473 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 8 | 20200,20212,20215,20216,20225,20237,20239,20243 | 21482 | ||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 1 | 20243 | 3418 | ||
Strontianite (*) | Aragonite | Sr(CO3) | 1 | 20222 | 589 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 1 | 20215 | 2045 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 3 | 20200,20215,20237 | 4899 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 20229 | 2562 | ||
Vivianite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 20242 | 636 | ||
Witherite (*) | Aragonite | Ba(CO3) | 1 | 20222 | 251 | ||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 1 | 20212 | 1655 | ||
Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 20225 | 1025 |
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