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DIC_ROCK_ALL (3677 rows)
Dictionary table based on the entire version 3 of the BGS Rock Classification Scheme and is populated directly from the 3 supplying tables (BGS.ROCK_NAME_V3, BGS.ROCK_COMPOSITE and BGS.DIC_ROCK_DUMMY). It contains both the base rock names and addditional codes required for specific application, eg. composite names for use on digital geological maps. It is formally approved as the official source of ALL database codes to be used in BGS corporate databases and MUST be followed.


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Row CODE SOURCE_CODE DESCRIPTION TRANSLATION STATUS USER_ENTERED DATE_ENTERED USER_UPDATED DATE_UPDATED TRANSFER RCS_STATUS
2458 MYLH  RN  Mylonite, hornfelsed  Hornfelsed mylonite  AWEL  21-SEP-01  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2459 MYLO  RN  Mylonite - A type of mylonitic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is one in which porphyroclasts comprise 10 - 50% by volume of the rock. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/02, section 7.3 and table 5.  Mylonite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2460 MYLQ  RN  Mylonite, quartzose  Quartzose mylonite  AWEL  13-MAR-01  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2461 MYLTIC  RN  Mylonitic-rock - A type of foliated mechanically broken rock with primary cohesion. Mylonitic rocks represent the products of dominantly ductile deformation. They generally occur within restricted zones related to faults, thrusts or shear zones. These foliated rocks develop as a result of grain size reduction by a combination of breakage and plastic strain of grains. Plastic deformation increases the aspect ratio of affected minerals producing textures such as quartz ribbons and a foliated fine-grained matrix. Other minerals, for example feldspar and garnet, may resist ductile deformation or fracture in a brittle manner and remain significantly larger than the foliated matrix. These are commonly lens shaped and termed porphyroclasts. As mylonitisation proceeds, the porphyroclasts are progressively wrapped by and then become isolated within the foliated matrix. They also become smaller, either by fracturing or by marginal erosion. Porphyroclasts may develop asymmetrical tails which can indicate the sense of shearing (dextral or sinistral) within the mylonitic rocks. Mylonitic rocks are classified into protomylonite, mylonite, and ultramylonite based on the percentage of visible porphyroclasts within the streaky, platy, fine-grained matrix. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/02, section 7.3 and table 5.  Mylonitic-rock  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2462 MZ  RN  Monzonite - A type of syenitic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is a coarse-grained crystalline igneous rock whose mineral mode plots in field 8 of the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.1 and figs. 9, 11, 12.  Monzonite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2463 MZCH  RN  Monzonite, charnockitic  Charnockitic monzonite  AWEL  17-DEC-04  TMCM  31-AUG-18 
2464 MZDI  RN  Monzodiorite - A type of dioritic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is a coarse-grained crystalline igneous rock whose mineral mode plots in field 9 of the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram. Monzodiorite and monzogabbro are separated according to the average composition of their plagioclase: if An (the anorthite content of plagioclase) is less than 50% the rock is monzodiorite. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.1 and figs. 9, 11, 12.  Monzodiorite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2465 MZDIO  RN  Monzodiorite, olivine  Olivine monzodiorite  AWEL  15-FEB-01  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2466 MZDO  RC  Olivine monzonite and olivine monzodiorite  Olivine monzonite and olivine monzodiorite  DJLO  05-JUN-06  TMCM  24-AUG-18 
2467 MZFO  RN  Monzonite, foliated  Foliated monzonite  AWEL  27-MAR-01  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2468 MZGAB  RN  Monzogabbro - A type of gabbroic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is a coarse-grained crystalline igneous rock whose mineral mode plots in field 9 of the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram. Monzodiorite and monzogabbro are separated according to the average composition of their plagioclase: if An (the anorthite content of plagioclase) is greater than 50% the rock is monzogabbro. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.1 and figs. 9, 11, 12.  Monzogabbro  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2469 MZGN  RN  Monzogranite - A type of granite. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is a coarse-grained crystalline igneous rock whose mineral mode plots in field 3b of the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.1 and figs. 9, 11, 12.  Monzogranite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2470 MZGNB  RN  Monzogranite, biotite  Biotite monzogranite  AWEL  15-FEB-01  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2471 MZGNL  RN  Leucomonzogranite  Leucomonzogranite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2472 MZGP  RN  Monzogranite, porphyritic  Porphyritic monzogranite  AWEL  13-FEB-01  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2473 MZOL  RN  Monzonite, olivine  Olivine monzonite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2474 MZR  RN  Monzonitic-rock  Monzonitic rock  DJLO  18-MAY-06  TMCM  31-AUG-18 
2475 MZSYS  RN  Sodalite-monzosyenite - A foid-monzosyenite in which the dominant feldspathoid mineral is sodalite. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.1 and fig. 9.  Sodalite-monzosyenite  AWEL  17-DEC-04  TMCM  22-FEB-19 
2476 NACBT  RN  Natrocarbonatite - A type of carbonatite. In the Rock Classification Scheme, this term may be used when a modal classification is possible. A natrocarbonatite is composed essentially of sodium, potassium and calcium carbonate minerals. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 6.1 and fig. 25.  Natrocarbonatite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2477 NAMG  RN  Na carbonate sedimentary rock - In the Rock Classification Scheme, these are carbonate sedimentary rocks in which the dominant carbonate mineral is sodium carbonate. The Na carbonate sedimentary rocks are primary precipitates and do not have an unlithified equivalent. They are classified as gaylussite, natron, thermonatrite and trona. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 3.3.  Na carbonate sedimentary rock  AWEL  08-JUN-01  TMCM  08-MAR-19   

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