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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
261 BENMOR  RN  Benmoreite - A sodic trachyandesite. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and figs. 17b, 20.  Benmoreite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
262 BGCCOL  RN  Boghead-cannel-coal - A type of sapropelic-coal. It is a transitional stage between cannel-coal and boghead-coal in which miospores dominate over alginite. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 6.2 and fig. 10.  Boghead-cannel-coal  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  08-MAR-19   
263 BGCOL  RN  Boghead-coal - A type of sapropelic-coal. It is similar to cannel-coal but browner and rich in alginite with very few miospores. It appears unstratified on macroscopic examination. Microscopic examination shows that boghead-coal consists of alginite and very finely dispersed inertinite and vitrinite. The proportion of alginite can vary widely. Boghead-coal is sometimes referred to as torbanite. This term is not recommended for usage. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 6.2 and fig. 10.  Boghead-coal  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  08-MAR-19   
264 BGFEOR  RN  Bog iron-ore - A type of manganiferous/ferruginous deposit. It is a porous, earthy form of limonite (impure hydrous ferric oxide). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/04, section 4 and tables 5, 17.  Bog iron-ore  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19   
265 BGR  RN  Boulders, granite [Unlithified Deposits Coding Scheme - Extended]  Granite boulders [UDCS-X]  TMCM  27-MAY-20     
266 BHAW  RN  Hawaiite, basaltic  Basaltic hawaiite  DJLO  07-JUL-08  TMCM  31-AUG-18 
267 BIODP  RN  Biological deposit - A type of natural superficial deposit. The term describes a deposit directly formed and characterised by living organisms which secrete either silica or carbonate to form a skeleton or shell. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/04, appendix 2.  Biological deposit  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19   
268 BIOM  RN  Deposit, mussel  Mussel deposit  AWEL  09-JAN-02  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
269 BIOR  RN  Biological rock - A type of biological deposit. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is the consolidated equivalent of biological sediment.  Biological rock  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19   
270 BIOSD  RN  Biological sediment - A type of biological deposit. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is the unconsolidated equivalent of biological rock.  Biological sediment  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19   
271 BIOSND  RN  Bioclastic sand deposit - A type of biological sediment. It consists of sand composed of broken and fragmental remains of organisms including shells, coral and lithothamnium algae. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/04, appendix 2.  Bioclastic sand deposit  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19   
272 BITCOL  RN  Bituminous-coal - A type of coal. It is a member of the pure humic coal series. The members of the pure humic coal series can be ranked in order as peat (the unlithified form), lignite, bituminous-coal, and anthracite (the lithified forms) based on increasing carbon content and decreasing volatile content. Bituminous-coal is a black, hard and bright coal which typically breaks into rectangular lumps. The bituminous coals can be subdivided in two ways. The first scheme is based on lithotypes which are macroscopically recognisable bands of coal seams. This scheme can be used for describing individual specimens or discrete horizons within a coal seam. Using this scheme, bituminous-coal can be subdivided into vitrain, clarain, fusain, and durain. The second scheme describes the brightness of the coal, and should be used in the field to describe megascopically distinct layers of coal seams. Using this scheme, bituminous-coal can be subdivided into bright-coal, banded-bright-coal, banded-coal, banded-dull-coal, and dull-coal. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 6.1, table 16 and fig. 10.  Bituminous-coal  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  08-MAR-19   
273 BITDP  RN  Bituminous deposit  Bituminous deposit  AWEL  25-FEB-00  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
274 BKLIGN  RN  Black-lignite - A type of lignite. It is dark brown to black with a silky lustre, and much harder than brown-lignite. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 6.1 and fig. 10.  Black-lignite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  08-MAR-19   
275 BL  RN  Boulders, cobbly [Unlithified Deposits Coding Scheme]  Cobbly boulders [UDCS]  AWEL  17-DEC-04  TMCM  30-AUG-18 
276 BLAL  RC  Basalt lava and andesite lava  Basalt lava and andesite lava  DJLO  16-MAY-06  TMCM  24-AUG-18 
277 BLBTPH  RN  Block-bomb-tephra - A type of pyroclastic-sediment. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is a pyroclastic-sediment in which the average size of more than 75% of the pyroclastic fragments exceeds 64 mm. Block-tephra, bomb-block-tephra, block-bomb-tephra, and bomb-tephra are separated according to the relative proportion of blocks (angular fragments exceeding 64 mm) and bombs (rounded fragments exceeding 64 mm): if between 25% and 50% of all pyroclastic fragments bigger than 64 mm are blocks the sediment is block-bomb-tephra. It is the unconsolidated equivalent of agglomerate. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 4.2 and fig. 4.  Block-bomb-tephra  AWEL  17-DEC-04  TMCM  15-FEB-19 
278 BLC  RN  Boulders, cobbly, clayey [Unlithified Deposits Coding Scheme]  Clayey cobbly boulders [UDCS]  DJLO  20-FEB-09  TMCM  30-AUG-18 
279 BLDRUB  RN  Building rubble - A type of artificial deposit. It is waste material derived from construction, usually consisting of brick, concrete, stone and plasterboard with minor amounts of wood and metal. It may be partly organic in content. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/04, appendix 1.  Building rubble  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19   
280 BLFSLG  RN  Blast-furnace slag - A type of artifical deposit. It is semi-fused or fused waste material produced in the metal industry. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/04, appendix 1.  Blast-furnace slag  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19   

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