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Locality Name:
Bocksberg, Müllenbach, Kelberg, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 122970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bocksberg, Müllenbach, Kelberg, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°19'8"N
Longitude: 6°55'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.318888888889,6.9252777777778

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Beryl	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Spinel
Titanite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca F Fe Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Beryl Corundum Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group Rutile Spinel
Titanite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	354	248	1310
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	354	248	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	354	248	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	2740
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	354	248	407
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	354	248	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	354	248	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	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
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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