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DIC_ROCK_NAMEV3 (3025 rows)
Dictionary table which is part of version 3 of the BGS Rock Classification Scheme. The main part of the RCS - it contains only single lithologies.


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Row CODE DESCRIPTION RCS_STATUS TRANSLATION Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 USER_ENTERED DATE_ENTERED USER_UPDATED DATE_UPDATED TRANSFER DEFINITION_BKING STATUS
801 HSZ  Shells, sandy, silty [Unlithified Deposits Coding Scheme - Extended]  Silty sandy shells [UDCS-X]  sandy  silty      TMCM  28-MAY-20      Not Available 
802 HY  Hyaloclastite - This describes rocks or sediments composed entirely of shattered, angular, glassy fragments created by quenching of lavas during subaqueous or subglacial extrusion. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 4.2.  Hyaloclastite          GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  15-FEB-19    Material extruded in molten state & quenched to yield shattered angular glassy fragments; no composition/clast size inferred 
803 HYBA  Hyaloclastite, basaltic  Basaltic hyaloclastite  basaltic        DJLO  06-AUG-08  TMCM  31-AUG-18  Not Available 
804 HYBSD  Hybrid sediment - In the Rock Classification Scheme, these are sediments which comprise more than one primary compositional component, with no component forming more than 50%. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 11.  Hybrid sediment          GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19    Sediment with two equal components. Clasts of each estimated as 50% of total. Composition & clast size not defined. Field name only. 
805 HYBSDR  Hybrid sedimentary rock - In the Rock Classification Scheme, these are sedimentary rocks which comprise more than one primary compositional component, with no component forming more than 50%. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 11.  Hybrid sedimentary rocks          GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19    Sedimentary rock with two equal components. Clasts of each estimated as 50% of total. Composition & clast size not defined. Field name only. 
806 HYDR  Hydrothermal-rock - A rock whose characteristics are the result of the actions of hot aqueous solutions. Many mineral assemblages are possible. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/02, section 8.  Hydrothermal-rock          AWEL  08-JUN-01  TMCM  22-FEB-19    Altered rock (protolith undefined) with characteristics (new minerals/assemblages) derived from reaction with hot aqueous solutions 
807 HYIA  Hydroxides and oxides of alumina and iron - Their classification is based upon the state of hydration of the silicate minerals. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 9.2.  Hydroxides and oxides of alumina and iron          AWEL  08-JUN-01  TMCM  13-MAR-19    Material with >50% oxides/hydroxides of iron/aluminium, including hydrated aluminium silicates, Amount of lithification & particle size not defined but normally clay-grade <0.004mm. 
808 HYOA  Hydroxides and oxides of alumina - British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 9.2.  Hydroxides and oxides of alumina          GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19    Material with >50% oxides/hydroxides of aluminium. Amount of lithification particle & size not defined but normally clay-grade <0.004mm. 
809 HYOI  Hydroxides and oxides of iron - British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 9.2.  Hydroxides and oxides of iron          AWEL  16-FEB-04  TMCM  13-MAR-19    Material with >50% oxides/hydroxides of iron. Amount of lithification & particle size not defined. Normally clay-grade <0.004mm. 
810 HZ  Shells, silty [Unlithified Deposits Coding Scheme - Extended]  Silty shells [UDCS-X]  silty        TMCM  28-MAY-20      Not Available 
811 HZBT  Harzburgite - A type of pyroxene-peridotite. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is a pyroxene-peridotite with olivine 40 - 90%, orthopyroxene 5 - 60% and clinopyroxene <5% of olivine + orthopyroxene + clinopyroxene. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.1 and figs. 15, 16.  Harzburgite          GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19    Coarse-grained, av. between 2-16mm normal crystalline intrusive rock; CI M>90%; olivine 40-90%, orthopyroxene 5-60%, clinopyroxene <5% of Ol+Opx+Cpx, +/- amphibole 
812 IBREC  Intrusion-breccia - An intrusive fragmental igneous rock. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 8.2.  Intrusion-breccia          AWEL  13-JAN-05  TMCM  15-FEB-19    Mechanically deformed (brittle) rock with no foliation or cohesion. >30% fragments >2mm & significantly coarser than matrix. Protolith composition not defined. Intruded into the country rock. 
813 ICCIR  Igneous-rock of inferred intermediate composition, coarse-crystalline  Coarse-crystalline intermediate igneous-rock          DJLO  24-JUL-08  TMCM  31-AUG-18  Not Available 
814 IFBRC  Fault-breccia, igneous  Igneous fault-breccia  igneous        GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  31-AUG-18    Deformed (brittle), unfoliated rock; no primary cohesion, with angular/rounded fragments (>30%) significantly coarser (>0.25mm) than the matrix. Protolith igneous rock, intrusive/extrusive material of igneous origin or derived from vocanic processes. 
815 IFCIR  Igneous-rock of inferred intermediate composition, fine-crystalline  Fine-crystalline intermediate igneous-rock          DJLO  24-JUL-08  TMCM  31-AUG-18  Not Available 
816 IGRU  Igneous rock  Igneous rock          AWEL  30-OCT-00  TMCM  24-AUG-18    Lithified >10vol% of intrusive or extrusive material of igneous origin or derived from volcanic processes, chemistry/mineralogy/crystallinity/grain size not defined 
817 IGSDU  Igneous-sediment  Igneous-sediment          AWEL  17-DEC-04  TMCM  24-AUG-18    Unlithified >10vol% of extrusive material of igneous origin or derived from volcanic processes, chemistry/mineralogy/crystallinity/grain size not defined 
818 ILLCLY  Illite-clay - A type of monomineralic aluminium-silicate sediment in which the aluminium-silicate mineral is illite. It is the unlithified equivalent of illite-claystone. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 9.1 and table 19.  Illite-clay          GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19    Monomineralic aluminium silicate sediment >50% illite, particles >50% or predominantly clay-grade, <0.004mm 
819 ILLCST  Illite-claystone - A type of monomineralic aluminium-silicate sedimentary rock in which the aluminium-silicate mineral is illite. It is the lithified equivalent of illite-clay. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/03, section 9.1 and table 19.  Illite-claystone          GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  13-MAR-19    Monomineralic aluminium silicate sedimentary rock >50% illite, particles >50% or predominantly clay-grade, <0.004mm. 
820 ILMT  Ilmenitite - A type of rock of restricted mineralogy. In the Rock Classification Scheme, it is a coarse-grained crystalline igneous rock in which ilmenite exceeds 90% of the mineral mode. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 8.2.  Ilmenitite          GRBA  24-FEB-00  TMCM  22-FEB-19    Coarse-grained, av. between 2-16mm crystalline intrusive rock; ilmenite >90% 

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