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 | 55425 | 2793 | ||
Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 3 | 55425,55450,55451 | 3419 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 55450 | 8803 | ||
Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | 1 | 55438 | 1310 | ||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 1 | 55450 | 1588 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 1 | 55430 | 3092 | ||
Argutite (*) | Rutile | GeO2 | 6 | 55414,55415,55435,55436,55437,55445 | 11 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 2 | 55425,55434 | 9052 | ||
Autunite (*) | Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O | 1 | 55438 | 1272 | ||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 1 | 55438 | 4286 | ||
Birnessite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O | 2 | 55420,55423 | 178 | ||
Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 1 | 55425 | 1966 | ||
Braunite (*) | Braunite | Mn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4) | 1 | 55416 | 483 | ||
Brianyoungite (*) | None | Zn3(CO3)(OH)4 | 1 | 55413 | 79 | ||
Briartite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu2FeGeS4 | 1 | 55414 | 12 | ||
Brunogeierite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+2Ge4+O4 | 7 | 55414,55415,55435,55436,55437,55441,55445 | 12 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 7 | 55416,55425,55426,55430,55434,55451,55453 | 27770 | ||
Cassiterite (*) | Rutile | SnO2 | 7 | 55414,55415,55434,55435,55436,55437,55445 | 5171 | ||
Celsian (*) | Feldspar | Ba(Al2Si2O8) | 1 | 55425 | 100 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 4 | 55416,55425,55434,55451 | 27198 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 1 | 55418 | 3902 | ||
Chrysotile (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 55440 | 951 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 1 | 55416 | 1756 | ||
Clinoenstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 1 | 55447 | 94 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 55425 | 1025 | ||
Cookeite (*) | Chlorite Clay | (Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8 | 1 | 55430 | 181 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 1 | 55418 | 3846 | ||
Cristobalite (*) | Cristobalite | SiO2 | 1 | 55447 | 453 | ||
Cryptomelane (*) | Coronadite | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 | 1 | 55416 | 599 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1 | 55418 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 1 | 55450 | 9895 | ||
Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 55450 | 648 | ||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 1 | 55447 | 944 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 3 | 55434,55450,55451 | 8173 | ||
Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 1 | 55434 | 9617 | ||
Freibergite (*) | Tetrahedrite | Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12 | 1 | 55445 | 663 | ||
Friedelite (*) | Pyrosmalite Clay | Mn2+8Si6O15(OH)10 | 1 | 55416 | 40 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 3 | 55425,55434,55445 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 3 | 55416,55425,55434 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 1 | 55425 | 30554 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 2 | 55434,55447 | 2812 | ||
Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 1 | 55425 | 717 | ||
Gudmundite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeSbS | 1 | 55432 | 170 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 2 | 55419,55450 | 6890 | ||
Hausmannite (*) | Spinel | Mn2+Mn3+2O4 | 1 | 55416 | 350 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 2 | 55416,55450 | 14640 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 2 | 55418,55425 | 5433 | ||
Iron (*) | Iron | Fe | 2 | 55418,55447 | 1089 | ||
Isocubanite (*) | Sphalerite Cubanite | CuFe2S3 | 1 | 55418 | 191 | ||
Jacobsite (*) | Spinel | Mn2+Fe3+2O4 | 1 | 55416 | 172 | ||
Keilite (*) | Rocksalt | FeS | 1 | 55447 | 6 | ||
Löllingite (*) | Löllingite | FeAs2 | 1 | 55425 | 762 | ||
Mackinawite (*) | None | (Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07) | 1 | 55418 | 451 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 55440 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 3 | 55416,55425,55440 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 2 | 55416,55451 | 12537 | ||
Manganite (*) | Rutile | Mn3+O(OH) | 1 | 55416 | 770 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 55430 | 17380 | ||
Niningerite (*) | Rocksalt | MgS | 1 | 55447 | 28 | ||
Nsutite (*) | Ramsdellite | Mn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x | 2 | 55420,55423 | 121 | ||
Oldhamite (*) | Rocksalt | CaS | 1 | 55447 | 58 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 55440 | 2994 | ||
Gersdorffite-Pa3 (*) | Pyrite | NiAsS | 1 | 55434 | 767 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 2 | 55450,55451 | 1898 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 6 | 55416,55425,55430,55434,55450,55451 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 1 | 55416 | 3106 | ||
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) (*) | Pyrosmalite Clay | Fe2+8Si6O15(OH)10 | 1 | 55425 | 38 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 2 | 55425,55434 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 8 | 55414,55420,55425,55429,55430,55434,55450,55451 | 61156 | ||
Rhodochrosite (*) | Calcite | Mn(CO3) | 2 | 55416,55420 | 1711 | ||
Rhodonite (*) | Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn(Si5O15) | 3 | 55416,55420,55422 | 969 | ||
Richterite (*) | Amphibole | Na(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 55447 | 148 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 1 | 55434 | 5614 | ||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 55428 | 2705 | ||
Schreibersite (*) | None | (Fe,Ni)3P | 1 | 55447 | 374 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 3 | 55414,55416,55425 | 6417 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 1 | 55425 | 5186 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 8 | 55414,55415,55425,55434,55435,55436,55437,55445 | 21482 | ||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 1 | 55418 | 1934 | ||
Stannite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu2FeSnS4 | 1 | 55434 | 668 | ||
Taenite (*) | None | (Ni,Fe) | 1 | 55418 | 703 | ||
Tetrataenite (*) | None | FeNi | 1 | 55418 | 116 | ||
Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 2 | 55416,55423 | 433 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 55425 | 2562 | ||
Troilite (*) | None | FeS | 2 | 55418,55447 | 1044 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 1 | 55434 | 5251 |
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