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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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: 
AndalusiteApatiteBerylCorundumFeldsparGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupRutileSpinel
TitaniteZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35424808803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)335424802353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO535424801310
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1835424801008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O335424801797
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35424802740
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O43542480407
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235424805614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO535424801516
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O35424804899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)35424805251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00059354248 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, EglestoniteHg14243Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   


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