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. |
Amphibole | Feldspar | None | Pyroxene | Quartz | Spinel |
Aegirine (*) | Albite (*) | Augite (*) | Magnetite (*) | Microcline (*) |
Quartz (*) | Riebeckite (*) |
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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Aegirine (*) | Pyroxene | NaFe3+Si2O6 | 261 | 259 | 0 | 1022 | |
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 261 | 259 | 0 | 8803 | |
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 261 | 259 | 0 | 2060 | |
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 261 | 259 | 0 | 14899 | |
Microcline (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 261 | 259 | 0 | 4924 | |
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 261 | 259 | 0 | 61156 | |
Riebeckite (*) | Amphibole | Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2 | 261 | 259 | 0 | 375 |
Age ID | Locality Notes |
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Giersdorf_00000802 | The Eshowe Formation is part of the sediments of the KwaZulu-Natal area of South Africa |
Excel ID | Max Age (Ma) | Min Age (Ma) | Age as listed in reference | Dating Method | Age Interpret | Prioritized? | Sample Source | Sample Num | Run Num | 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 | Age Notes | |
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Giersdorf_00000802 | 261 | 259 | 260±1 | Age given in support of earlier works by Gentle el al. (1978) due to its consistency in its findings | Yes | 57245 | Eshowe, Uthungulu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Eshowe | Bordy et al. (2005) | 10.2113/108.3.454 | SAJG107_397 | Age of the clays of the Eshowe group |
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