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 | 0 | 3419 | |||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 0 | 8803 | |||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 0 | 2353 | |||
Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 0 | 2162 | |||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 0 | 2734 | |||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 0 | 1588 | |||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 0 | 3092 | |||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 3250 | |||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 0 | 9052 | |||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 0 | 5509 | |||
Baddeleyite (*) | Baddeleyite | ZrO2 | 0 | 238 | |||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 0 | 11547 | |||
Bementite (*) | Clay | Mn7Si6O15(OH)8 | 0 | 173 | |||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 0 | 5516 | |||
Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 0 | 843 | |||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 0 | 27770 | |||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 0 | 4979 | |||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 0 | 5707 | |||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 0 | 27198 | |||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 0 | 3902 | |||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 0 | 3531 | |||
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 0 | 2600 | |||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 0 | 1756 | |||
Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 0 | 966 | |||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 0 | 3846 | |||
Corundum (*) | Corundum | Al2O3 | 0 | 1797 | |||
Cosalite (*) | None | Pb2Bi2S5 | 0 | 344 | |||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 0 | 4165 | |||
Cryptomelane (*) | Coronadite | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 | 0 | 599 | |||
Datolite (*) | Gadolinite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) | 0 | 498 | |||
Dickite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 651 | |||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 0 | 9895 | |||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 8173 | |||
Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 0 | 9617 | |||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 0 | 24243 | |||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 0 | 7437 | |||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 0 | 30554 | |||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 0 | 2812 | |||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 0 | 6890 | |||
Harmotome (*) | Harmotome | Ba2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O | 0 | 290 | |||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 0 | 14640 | |||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 0 | 1689 | |||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 0 | 5433 | |||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 0 | 2228 | |||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 5591 | |||
Kyanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2OSiO4 | 0 | 1507 | |||
Laumontite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O | 0 | 1271 | |||
Linnaeite (*) | Spinel | Co2+Co3+2S4 | 0 | 249 | |||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 0 | 14899 | |||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 0 | 12537 | |||
Moissanite (*) | Wurtzite | SiC | 0 | 57 | |||
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 0 | 5800 | |||
Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 0 | 1508 | |||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 17380 | |||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 0 | 1236 | |||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 0 | 2994 | |||
Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 0 | 2349 | |||
Paragonite (*) | Mica Clay | NaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 247 | |||
Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 0 | 2273 | |||
Piemontite (*) | Epidote | Ca2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 260 | |||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 0 | 1898 | |||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 0 | 39462 | |||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 0 | 3106 | |||
Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 0 | 1725 | |||
Pyrophyllite (*) | Clay Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 | 0 | 771 | |||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 0 | 9056 | |||
Rectorite (*) | Corrensite Clay | (Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O | 0 | 49 | |||
Rhodonite (*) | Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn(Si5O15) | 0 | 969 | |||
Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 0 | 454 | |||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 0 | 5614 | |||
Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 0 | 4894 | |||
Semseyite (*) | None | Pb9Sb8S21 | 0 | 165 | |||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 0 | 6417 | |||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 0 | 2473 | |||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 0 | 21482 | |||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 0 | 1934 | |||
Spodumene (*) | Pyroxene | LiAlSi2O6 | 0 | 688 | |||
Staurolite (*) | Staurolite | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) | 0 | 978 | |||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 0 | 3418 | |||
Stilpnomelane (*) | Stilpnomelane Clay | (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O | 0 | 456 | |||
Stolzite (*) | Scheelite | Pb(WO4) | 0 | 156 | |||
Svanbergite (*) | Alunite | SrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 | 0 | 105 | |||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 0 | 3337 | |||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 0 | 5317 | |||
Thomsonite-Ca (*) | Thomsonite | NaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O | 0 | 452 | |||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 0 | 4899 | |||
Topaz (*) | Topaz | Al2SiO4F2 | 0 | 1476 | |||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 0 | 2562 | |||
Vanadinite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl | 0 | 605 | |||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 0 | 5251 | |||
Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 0 | 1025 |
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