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 | 65461 | 8803 | ||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 2 | 65430,65431 | 2353 | ||
Alum-(Na) (*) | Alum | NaAl(SO4)2·12H2O | 1 | 65478 | 12 | ||
Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 65437 | 966 | ||
Alunogen (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O | 1 | 65437 | 272 | ||
Analcime (*) | Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O | 4 | 65442,65462,65463,65465 | 1627 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 65472 | 2734 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 3 | 65450,65457,65472 | 3092 | ||
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 1 | 65462 | 1036 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 11 | 65437,65439,65450,65457,65462,65463,65465,65467,65469,65470,65474 | 3250 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 1 | 65459 | 9052 | ||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 10 | 65431,65455,65461,65462,65463,65465,65466,65469,65470,65474 | 2060 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 6 | 65437,65439,65450,65457,65459,65482 | 11547 | ||
Bílinite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1 | 65478 | 16 | ||
Botryogen (*) | Botryogen | MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O | 1 | 65437 | 45 | ||
Brucite (*) | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 | 1 | 65477 | 462 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 23 | 65432,65435,65437,65439,65440,65442,65444,65447,65450,65452,65457,65459,65462,65463,65465,65466,65470,65472,65477,65478,65482,65484,65485 | 27770 | ||
Celadonite (*) | Mica Clay | KMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2 | 1 | 65482 | 309 | ||
Chabazite-Ca (*) | Chabazite | Ca2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O | 3 | 65463,65465,65467 | 310 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 3 | 65439,65462,65472 | 27198 | ||
Chromite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Cr2O4 | 1 | 65447 | 3902 | ||
Diaspore (*) | Diaspore | AlO(OH) | 1 | 65447 | 481 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 3 | 65431,65455,65461 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 4 | 65437,65457,65477,65482 | 9895 | ||
Epsomite (*) | Epsomite | Mg(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 65471 | 484 | ||
Felsőbányaite (*) | None | Al4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O | 1 | 65437 | 66 | ||
Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 1 | 65439 | 9617 | ||
Forsterite (*) | Olivine | Mg2(SiO4) | 7 | 65455,65462,65463,65465,65466,65470,65474 | 1188 | ||
Freibergite (*) | Tetrahedrite | Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12 | 1 | 65472 | 663 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 3 | 65435,65457,65472 | 24243 | ||
Gismondine (*) | Gismondine | Ca2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O | 1 | 65465 | 128 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 17 | 65432,65435,65437,65439,65440,65444,65450,65457,65459,65462,65463,65466,65472,65474,65481,65482,65485 | 7437 | ||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 65431 | 1544 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 9 | 65435,65437,65439,65442,65450,65457,65472,65477,65478 | 6890 | ||
Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 2 | 65437,65439 | 409 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 11 | 65432,65435,65437,65439,65440,65444,65450,65459,65463,65472,65482 | 14640 | ||
Hercynite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Al2O4 | 2 | 65455,65462 | 407 | ||
Hexahydrite (*) | Hexahydrite | Mg(SO4)·6H2O | 2 | 65437,65471 | 251 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 4 | 65444,65446,65455,65462 | 5433 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 6 | 65437,65457,65472,65477,65478,65481 | 2228 | ||
Kaersutite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2 | 4 | 65455,65463,65466,65474 | 179 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 65437 | 5591 | ||
Khademite (*) | Khademite | Al(SO4)F·5H2O | 1 | 65437 | 15 | ||
Leucite (*) | Analcime | K(AlSi2O6) | 1 | 65462 | 233 | ||
Lithiophorite (*) | None | (Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2 | 1 | 65437 | 210 | ||
Magnesio-hastingsite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 65430 | 80 | ||
Magnesiocopiapite (*) | Copiapite | MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 1 | 65437 | 54 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 3 | 65462,65466,65470 | 14899 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 5 | 65437,65439,65472,65477,65478 | 5674 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 3 | 65437,65442,65478 | 915 | ||
Mirabilite (*) | None | Na2(SO4)·10H2O | 1 | 65437 | 223 | ||
Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 3 | 65435,65437,65482 | 1508 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 65437 | 17380 | ||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 3 | 65465,65487,65488 | 1236 | ||
Nepheline (*) | Tridymite | Na3K(Al4Si4O16) | 1 | 65462 | 884 | ||
Nontronite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Na0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 1 | 65452 | 471 | ||
Offretite (*) | Not in a structural group | KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O | 1 | 65465 | 146 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 11 | 65432,65435,65436,65437,65444,65448,65450,65452,65481,65482,65484 | 2994 | ||
Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 65457 | 2349 | ||
Pargasite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 2 | 65430,65455 | 313 | ||
Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 1 | 65462 | 1512 | ||
Phillipsite-K (*) | Harmotome | K6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O | 1 | 65480 | 71 | ||
Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 1 | 65455 | 2273 | ||
Pickeringite (*) | Halotrichite | MgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1 | 65437 | 265 | ||
Portlandite (*) | Brucite | Ca(OH)2 | 1 | 65477 | 51 | ||
Pseudobrookite (*) | Pseudobrookite | (Fe3+2Ti)O5 | 1 | 65482 | 164 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 13 | 65432,65437,65439,65442,65444,65450,65455,65457,65459,65470,65472,65477,65478 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 10 | 65450,65452,65459,65462,65463,65465,65466,65472,65482,65485 | 3106 | ||
Pyrope (*) | Garnet | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 65431 | 341 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 3 | 65455,65462,65470 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 18 | 65437,65442,65444,65446,65448,65450,65452,65457,65461,65466,65472,65478,65480,65481,65482,65484,65485,65487 | 61156 | ||
Ranciéite (*) | None | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O | 2 | 65450,65465 | 177 | ||
Rhönite (*) | Sapphirine | Ca4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36] | 2 | 65455,65462 | 47 | ||
Romanèchite (*) | None | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 | 1 | 65446 | 312 | ||
Rozenite (*) | Starkeyite | Fe2+(SO4)·4H2O | 2 | 65437,65439 | 293 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 2 | 65437,65462 | 5614 | ||
Salammoniac (*) | None | (NH4)Cl | 2 | 65477,65478 | 105 | ||
Sanidine (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 65444 | 598 | ||
Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 65446 | 301 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 5 | 65435,65444,65450,65472,65485 | 6417 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 3 | 65444,65457,65472 | 21482 | ||
Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 5 | 65461,65462,65463,65466,65474 | 1934 | ||
Starkeyite (*) | Starkeyite | Mg(SO4)·4H2O | 1 | 65437 | 79 | ||
Stephanite (*) | None | Ag5SbS4 | 1 | 65472 | 586 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 3 | 65437,65477,65478 | 2045 | ||
Thénardite (*) | None | Na2(SO4) | 3 | 65437,65477,65478 | 299 | ||
Tridymite (*) | Tridymite | SiO2 | 2 | 65446,65450 | 458 | ||
Wilcoxite (*) | Aubertite | MgAl(SO4)2F·17H2O | 1 | 65437 | 11 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 2 | 65444,65446 | 5251 |
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