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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
2678 PMPS  RC  Psammite and micaceous psammite  Psammite and micaceous psammite  DJLO  06-JUN-06  TMCM  24-AUG-18 
2679 PMSMPM  RC  Psammite, migmatitic, semipelite, migmatitic and pelite, migmatitic  Migmatitic psammite, migmatitic semipelite and migmatitic pelite  DJLO  24-JUL-08  TMCM  24-AUG-18 
2680 PMSP  RC  Micaceous psammite and semipelite  Micaceous psammite and semipelite  DJLO  06-JUN-06  TMCM  24-AUG-18 
2681 PN  RN  Phonolite - A type of phonolitic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, this name is used for a fine-grained crystalline igneous rock when the modal mineralogy is available, and the mineral mode plots in field 11 of the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and figs. 17a, 19.  Phonolite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2682 PNBSN  RN  Phonolitic-basanite - A type of tephritic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, this name is used for a fine-grained crystalline igneous rock when the modal mineralogy is available, and the mineral mode plots in field 13 of the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram. Phonolitic-basanite and phonolitic-tephrite are distinguished by the amount of olivine in the CIPW norm: if normative olivine exceeds 10% the rock is phonolitic-basanite. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and figs. 17a, 19.  Phonolitic-basanite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2683 PNFDI  RN  Phonolitic-foidite - A type of foiditic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, this name is used for a fine-grained crystalline igneous rock when the modal mineralogy is available, and the mineral mode plots in field 15a of the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and figs. 17a, 19.  Phonolitic-foidite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2684 PNLUC  RN  Phonolitic-leucitite - A type of leucitite. In the Rock Classification Scheme, this rock plots in field 15a on the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram; foids constitute 60 to 90% of light-coloured constituents; alkali feldspar is dominant over plagioclase. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, sections 5.2, 6.6.  Phonolitic-leucitite  AWEL  17-DEC-04  TMCM  22-FEB-19 
2685 PNR  RN  Phonolitic-rock - A type of mafite. In the Rock Classification Scheme, this class includes phonolite and similar rocks. The term may be used as a field classification when an accurate mineral mode from thin section examination, or a chemical analysis, is not available. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and figs. 17, 18.  Phonolitic-rock  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2686 PNRT  RN  Phonolitic-rock (TAS)  Phonolitic-rock (TAS)  AWEL  17-DEC-04  TMCM  24-AUG-18 
2687 PNT  RN  Phonolite (TAS) - A type of phonolitic-rock, classified using the total alkali silica (TAS) classification. The TAS classification may be used if the mineral mode of a normal fine-grained crystalline rock cannot be determined due either to the presence of glass or to the fine-grained nature of the rock. The definition of phonolite (TAS) is as shown in British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and figs. 17b, 20.  Phonolite (TAS)  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2688 PNTEP  RN  Phonolitic-tephrite - A type of tephritic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, this name is used for a fine-grained crystalline igneous rock when the modal mineralogy is available, and the mineral mode plots in field 13 of the quartz - alkali feldspar - plagioclase - feldspathoid (QAPF) diagram. Phonolitic-basanite and phonolitic-tephrite are distinguished by the amount of olivine in the CIPW norm: if normative olivine is less than 10% the rock is phonolitic-tephrite. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and figs. 17a, 19.  Phonolitic-tephrite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2689 PNTEPT  RN  Phono-tephrite - A type of tephritic-rock, classified using the total alkali silica (TAS) classification. The TAS classification may be used if the mineral mode of a normal fine-grained crystalline rock cannot be determined due either to the presence of glass or to the fine-grained nature of the rock. The definition of phono-tephrite is as shown in British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and figs. 17b, 20.  Phono-tephrite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2690 PORCEL  RN  Porcellanite - A type of siliceous rock. It usually has a porosity of 15 to 30%. Porcellanites have the texture, lustre and conchoidal fracture of porcelain. They can be further classified as opaline-porcellanite and quartzose-porcellanite according to the type of silica. It may not be possible to accurately use this classification without X-ray analysis. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 8.2 and fig. 12.  Porcellanite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  08-MAR-19   
2691 POYHST  RN  Polyhalite-stone - A type of non-carbonate salt that is composed of particles of the sulphate mineral polyhalite. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 7.1 and fig. 11.  Polyhalite-stone  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  08-MAR-19   
2692 PPGN  RC  Psammite and gneissose psammite  Psammite and gneissose psammite  DJLO  06-JUN-06  TMCM  24-AUG-18 
2693 PPHY  RN  Porphyry - A type of fine-grained normal crystalline rock. It is a rock containing phenocrysts and with an aphanitic groundmass of indeterminate origin. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 8.3.  Porphyry  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2694 PPHYF  RN  Feldspar-porphyry  Feldspar-porphyry  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  31-AUG-18   
2695 PPSPC  RC  Psammite, pelite, semipelite and calcsilicate-rock  Psammite, pelite, semipelite and calcsilicate-rock  DJLO  14-JAN-08  TMCM  24-AUG-18 
2696 PROCAT  RN  Protocataclasite - A type of cataclastic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is one in which fragments significantly coarser than the matrix comprise more than 50% by volume of the rock. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/02, section 7.2 and table 4.  Protocataclasite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   
2697 PROMYL  RN  Protomylonite - A type of mylonitic-rock. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is one in which porphyroclasts comprise more than 50% by volume of the rock. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/02, section 7.3 and table 5.  Protomylonite  GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19   

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