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 | 23297 | 2793 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 3 | 23265,23297,23302 | 8803 | ||
Alpersite (*) | Melanterite | Mg(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 23282 | 10 | ||
Altaite (*) | Rocksalt | PbTe | 1 | 23287 | 489 | ||
Alunogen (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O | 1 | 23267 | 272 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 23287 | 2734 | ||
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 1 | 23297 | 1588 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 2 | 23282,23302 | 3092 | ||
Antigorite (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 23292 | 708 | ||
Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 2 | 23277,23283 | 246 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 7 | 23268,23271,23273,23277,23281,23296,23297 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 2 | 23282,23297 | 9052 | ||
Asbolane (*) | Not in a structural group | Mn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O | 1 | 23282 | 143 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 6 | 23281,23282,23287,23298,23302,23303 | 5509 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 2 | 23296,23297 | 11547 | ||
Beaverite-(Cu) (*) | Alunite | Pb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2 | 23263,23287 | 132 | ||
Bieberite (*) | Melanterite | Co(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 23267 | 50 | ||
Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 2 | 23287,23297 | 1966 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 4 | 23282,23287,23297,23302 | 5516 | ||
Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 1 | 23297 | 843 | ||
Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 1 | 23287 | 1089 | ||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 6 | 23263,23268,23277,23281,23283,23287 | 1633 | ||
Brookite (*) | Brookite | TiO2 | 1 | 23297 | 700 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 13 | 23265,23266,23268,23271,23273,23276,23281,23282,23296,23297,23298,23302,23303 | 27770 | ||
Caledonite (*) | Caledonite | Cu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 | 1 | 23287 | 359 | ||
Carbonatecyanotrichite (*) | Cyanotrichite | Cu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O | 1 | 23287 | 88 | ||
Celestine (*) | Baryte | Sr(SO4) | 1 | 23296 | 1252 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 3 | 23268,23284,23287 | 4979 | ||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 23283 | 925 | ||
Chalcoalumite (*) | Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O | 2 | 23282,23287 | 91 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1 | 23282 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 10 | 23265,23266,23267,23282,23287,23296,23297,23298,23302,23303 | 27198 | ||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 2 | 23298,23302 | 3531 | ||
Chrysotile (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 23292 | 951 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 1 | 23298 | 1756 | ||
Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 2 | 23282,23297 | 966 | ||
Coffinite (*) | Zircon | U(SiO4)·nH2O | 1 | 23297 | 566 | ||
Connellite (*) | Connellite | Cu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O | 2 | 23268,23283 | 295 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 5 | 23267,23268,23271,23281,23283 | 3846 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 3 | 23268,23282,23287 | 4165 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 9 | 23263,23268,23271,23277,23281,23282,23283,23297,23298 | 2970 | ||
Cyanotrichite (*) | Cyanotrichite | Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2 | 1 | 23282 | 179 | ||
Devilline (*) | Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 23281 | 366 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 5 | 23273,23282,23296,23297,23298 | 9895 | ||
Dundasite (*) | Dundasite | PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O | 1 | 23287 | 97 | ||
Enstatite (*) | Pyroxene | Mg2Si2O6 | 1 | 23284 | 944 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 23302 | 8173 | ||
Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 3 | 23266,23282,23284 | 814 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 6 | 23267,23268,23282,23284,23287,23297 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 5 | 23273,23296,23297,23298,23302 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 2 | 23282,23297 | 30554 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 4 | 23261,23275,23289,23293 | 2812 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 9 | 23266,23267,23268,23271,23281,23282,23283,23287,23297 | 6890 | ||
Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1 | 23287 | 409 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 6 | 23265,23282,23296,23297,23301,23302 | 14640 | ||
Hessite (*) | None | Ag2Te | 1 | 23287 | 804 | ||
Hexahydrite (*) | Hexahydrite | Mg(SO4)·6H2O | 2 | 23267,23287 | 251 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 1 | 23284 | 5433 | ||
Jamesonite (*) | None | Pb4FeSb6S14 | 1 | 23297 | 784 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2 | 23268,23282 | 2228 | ||
Langite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | 1 | 23282 | 593 | ||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 1 | 23298 | 581 | ||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 1 | 23287 | 987 | ||
Löllingite (*) | Löllingite | FeAs2 | 1 | 23287 | 762 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 23299 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 3 | 23265,23282,23292 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 14 | 23268,23273,23276,23277,23281,23282,23283,23284,23287,23296,23297,23298,23302,23303 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 2 | 23282,23297 | 5674 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 23287 | 915 | ||
Meneghinite (*) | Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 | 1 | 23297 | 158 | ||
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 1 | 23287 | 1107 | ||
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 2 | 23282,23297 | 5800 | ||
Munakataite (*) | Linarite | Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4 | 1 | 23287 | 22 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 8 | 23265,23267,23282,23287,23296,23297,23298,23302 | 17380 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 23298 | 2994 | ||
Oxyplumboroméite (*) | Pyrochlore | Pb2Sb2O7 | 1 | 23287 | 33 | ||
Gersdorffite-Pa3 (*) | Pyrite | NiAsS | 2 | 23282,23297 | 767 | ||
Pickeringite (*) | Halotrichite | MgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O | 2 | 23266,23287 | 265 | ||
Plumbojarosite (*) | Alunite | Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2 | 23281,23287 | 477 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 9 | 23266,23267,23273,23282,23287,23296,23297,23298,23302 | 39462 | ||
Pyrophanite (*) | Corundum | Mn2+TiO3 | 1 | 23265 | 244 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 4 | 23266,23267,23282,23297 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 12 | 23265,23267,23273,23276,23282,23284,23287,23289,23296,23297,23298,23302 | 61156 | ||
Rouaite (*) | None | Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 | 1 | 23283 | 11 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 3 | 23297,23298,23301 | 5614 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 1 | 23284 | 6417 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 1 | 23297 | 5186 | ||
Slavíkite (*) | Not in a structural group | (H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O | 1 | 23282 | 44 | ||
Spessartine (*) | Garnet | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 23265 | 1214 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 3 | 23267,23287,23297 | 21482 | ||
Strontianite (*) | Aragonite | Sr(CO3) | 2 | 23296,23302 | 589 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 3 | 23281,23287,23297 | 2045 | ||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 2 | 23278,23299 | 3337 | ||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 2 | 23282,23297 | 1803 | ||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 1 | 23297 | 1101 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 3 | 23282,23287,23298 | 5317 | ||
Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 1 | 23273 | 433 | ||
Tsumoite (*) | Tetradymite | BiTe | 1 | 23287 | 100 | ||
Tyrolite (*) | Tyrolite | Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O | 1 | 23282 | 245 | ||
Ullmannite (*) | Ullmannite | NiSbS | 1 | 23297 | 293 | ||
Uraninite (*) | Fluorite | UO2 | 1 | 23297 | 2718 | ||
Vivianite (*) | Vivianite | Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 23281 | 636 | ||
Wittichenite (*) | None | Cu3BiS3 | 1 | 23287 | 297 | ||
Xenotime-(Y) (*) | Zircon | Y(PO4) | 1 | 23297 | 939 | ||
Zálesíite (*) | Mixite | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 23302 | 84 |
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