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Bell County, Kentucky, USAi
Regional Level Types
Bell CountyCounty
KentuckyState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Middlesboro10,730 (2006)
Pineville1,762 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
214093
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:214093:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Bell, Kentucky, États-Unis
German:
Bell County, Kentucky, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Bell, Kentucky, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Белл, Кентукки, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
貝爾縣, 肯塔基州, 美国
Spanish:
Bell County , Kentucky, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Bell County, Kentucky, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة بيل, كنتاكي, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Բել շրջան, Կենտուկի, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Bell konderria , Kentucky
Bavarian:
Bell County, Kentucky, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
বেল কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Бел, Кентъки, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Bell County, Kentucky
Czech:
Bell County, Kentucky, Spojené státy americké
Dutch:
Bell County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Belli maakond, Kentucky, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان بل، کنتاکی, کنتاکی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
ბელის ოლქი, კენტუკი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Bell megye, Kentucky, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ベル郡, ケンタッキー州, アメリカ合衆国
Low Saxon/Low German:
Bell County, Kentucky, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Bell Gông, Kentucky
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Bell Kūn
Norwegian:
Bell County, Kentucky, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Bell, Kentucky, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Bell, Kentucky, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Bell, Kentucky, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Bell, Kentucky, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Bell County, Kentucky, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Бел, Кентаки, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Bell County, Kentucky, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Bell County, Kentucky, USA
Traditional Chinese:
貝爾縣, 肯塔基州, 美國
Turkish:
Bell, Kentucky, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Белл, Кентуккі, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
بیل کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی, کینٹکی, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Bell, Kentucky, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Bell, Kentucky, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
بل کاؤنٹی, کینٹکی, امریکہ


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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Pyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O PyrolusiteMn4+O2
O QuartzSiO2
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
MnManganese
Mn PyrolusiteMn4+O2

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed359 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Oldest Fossil Listed461 Ma (Middle Ordovician)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
New Albany Shale2372.2 - 358.9 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Benbolt1460.9 - 443.4 Ma (Paleozoic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Difficilicrinus coneyi
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Homocrinida : Homocrinidae : Difficilicrinus : Difficilicrinus coneyi460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Prototaxites
genus
Prototaxites372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_County,_Kentucky
Wikidata ID:Q491941
GeoNames ID:4283814

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