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) | 1 | 73045 | 8803 | ||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 1 | 73046 | 1627 | ||
Anatase (*) | Not in a structural group | TiO2 | 0 | 2162 | |||
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 73045,73048 | 1534 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 1 | 73047 | 3092 | ||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 2 | 73046,73047 | 1036 | ||
Antigorite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 708 | |||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 73047 | 3250 | ||
Aurichalcite (*) | None | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 1 | 73045 | 919 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 2 | 73045,73047 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 1 | 73047 | 11547 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 2 | 73045,73047 | 5516 | ||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 73045 | 1633 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 2 | 73045,73047 | 27770 | ||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 73047 | 925 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 2 | 73045,73047 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 1 | 73045 | 27198 | ||
Chlorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 73047 | 203 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 0 | 3902 | |||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 1 | 73047 | 3531 | ||
Chrysotile (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 73048 | 951 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 1 | 73048 | 1756 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 2 | 73045,73047 | 3846 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 0 | 4165 | |||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 1 | 73047 | 2970 | ||
Datolite (*) | Gadolinite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) | 1 | 73047 | 498 | ||
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 1 | 73047 | 1027 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 2 | 73045,73047 | 4135 | ||
Djurleite (*) | None | Cu31S16 | 2 | 73045,73047 | 300 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 0 | 9895 | |||
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 1 | 73047 | 910 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 73047 | 8173 | ||
Ferripyrophyllite (*) | Clay Pyrophyllite | Fe3+Si2O5(OH) | 0 | 9 | |||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 1 | 73047 | 6890 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 0 | 14640 | |||
Hercynite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Al2O4 | 1 | 73045 | 407 | ||
Hydroxylapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3OH | 1 | 73048 | 367 | ||
Hylbrownite (*) | Kanonerovite | Na3MgP3O10·12H2O | 1 | 73048 | 2 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 2 | 73046,73047 | 5433 | ||
Langite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | 1 | 73045 | 593 | ||
Laumontite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O | 1 | 73046 | 1271 | ||
Lizardite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 0 | 359 | |||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 2 | 73046,73047 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 1 | 73048 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 2 | 73045,73047 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 1 | 73045 | 5674 | ||
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 0 | 1066 | |||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 1 | 73046 | 1236 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 73045 | 2994 | ||
Perovskite (*) | Perovskite | CaTiO3 | 2 | 73045,73048 | 495 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 2 | 73046,73047 | 1898 | ||
Pumpellyite-(Mg) (*) | Pumpellyite | Ca2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O | 0 | 106 | |||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 2 | 73045,73047 | 39462 | ||
Pyrophanite (*) | Corundum | Mn2+TiO3 | 2 | 73045,73048 | 244 | ||
Pyrophyllite (*) | Clay Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 | 0 | 771 | |||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 2 | 73045,73047 | 61156 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 1 | 73045 | 5614 | ||
Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 0 | 301 | |||
Scolecite (*) | Natrolite | Ca(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O | 1 | 73045 | 390 | ||
Serpierite (*) | Devilline | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 73045 | 292 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 1 | 73045 | 21482 | ||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 0 | 1934 | |||
Tacharanite (*) | None | Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36 | 0 | 47 | |||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 3 | 73045,73047,73048 | 3337 | ||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 1 | 73047 | 1101 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 2 | 73047,73048 | 4899 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 73046 | 2562 | ||
Vermiculite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O | 0 | 652 | |||
Vesuvianite (*) | Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | 2 | 73045,73048 | 1395 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 2 | 73045,73048 | 5251 | ||
Zoisite (*) | Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 73047 | 1025 |
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