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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Amorphous	Ancylite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum
Crichtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tengerite	Thortveitite
Topaz	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Davidite-(Ce) ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gahnite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Topaz ()*	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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Sc Si Sr Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amorphous Ancylite Bastnäsite Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum
Crichtonite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Mica Milarite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tengerite Thortveitite
Topaz Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1281	1090	3	90439,90440,90443	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1281	1090	13	90438,90443,90447,90448,90449,90450,90451,90452,90453,90466,90467,90468,90469	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1281	1090	5	90440,90443,90446,90447,90448	706
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1281	1090	2	90438,90443	92
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1281	1090	1	90443	304
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1281	1090	2	90438,90448	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1281	1090	2	90438,90443	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1281	1090	5	90438,90439,90440,90448,90467	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1281	1090	1	90443	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1281	1090	1	90443	1935
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1281	1090	2	90438,90439	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1281	1090	1	90443	518
Davidite-(Ce) ()*	Crichtonite	Ce(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	1090	1090	2	90439,90443	5
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1281	1090	2	90438,90443	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1281	1090	3	90439,90443,90448	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1281	1090	2	90443,90448	196
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	1281	1090	1	90438	83
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1281	1090	2	90438,90443	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1281	1090	6	90439,90440,90443,90446,90447,90448	163
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1281	1090	1	90438	445
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1281	1090	4	90439,90440,90441,90443	5433
Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1281	1090	1	90443	28
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1281	1090	4	90439,90440,90441,90443	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1281	1090	21	90437,90438,90439,90440,90441,90442,90443,90444,90445,90446,90447,90448,90449,90450,90451,90452,90453,90466,90467,90468,90469	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1281	1090	1	90438	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1281	1090	3	90439,90443,90446	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1281	1090	21	90437,90438,90439,90440,90441,90442,90443,90444,90445,90446,90447,90448,90449,90450,90451,90452,90453,90466,90467,90468,90469	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1281	1090	1	90443	2994
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1281	1090	1	90443	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1281	1090	6	90438,90439,90443,90445,90446,90447	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1281	1277	0		244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1281	1090	20	90437,90438,90439,90440,90441,90443,90444,90445,90446,90447,90448,90449,90450,90451,90452,90453,90466,90467,90468,90469	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1281	1090	2	90439,90441	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1281	1090	3	90438,90443,90480	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1281	1090	1	90439	21482
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1281	1090	1	90438	211
Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	Y₂(CO₃)₃·2-3H₂O	1281	1090	1	90443	24
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	1281	1090	2	90439,90443	54
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1281	1090	2	90438,90443	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1281	1090	2	90439,90443	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1281	1277	4	90438,90439,90443,90448	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Cr-00014	1090	1090	1090	U-Pb	cleveite	Yes		Davidite-(Ce)	Cr	14334	Aust-Agder, Norway	Aust-Agder, Telemark	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1
Cr-00015	1090	1090	1090	U-Pb	cleveite	Yes		Davidite-(Ce)	Cr	14334	Aust-Agder, Norway	Aust-Agder, Telemark	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1
Bradley_2012_082	1281	1277	1279±2	U/Pb	zircon		Zircon			48160	Frikstad, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway	Frikstad	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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