BGS Rock Classification Scheme - Text search results
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| Description | Code |
|---|---|
| Lava, calcareous-basalt | LVCB |
| Mafite - A type of fine-grained normal crystalline rock. It is a general term used for dark-coloured aphanitic rocks. In the Rock Classification Scheme, the class includes andesitic-rock, basaltic-rock, phonolitic-rock, tephritic-rock and foiditic-rock. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/06, section 5.2 and fig. 17. | MAFI |
| Meta-agglomerate, basaltic | MAGBA |
| Metabasalt | MBA |
| Microgabbro, basalt and augite-andesite | MBAA |
| Metabasalt, alkali | MBAALK |
| Metabasaltic-andesite | MBAAND |
| Metalava, basaltic | MBACLV |
| Metabasalt, clinopyroxene-olivine-phyric | MBACOP |
| Metabasalt, foliated | MBAFO |
| Metabasalt, feldspar-phyric | MBAFP |
| Microgabbro, basalt and glassy andesite | MBAG |
| Metabasalt, glassy | MBAGL |
| Metabasalt, hornfelsed | MBAHF |
| Metalava, basalt | MBALV |
| Metabasalt, olivine-microphyric | MBAOMI |
| Metabasalt, olivine-phyric | MBAOP |
| Metabasalt, olivine-plagioclase-phyric | MBAOPP |
| Metabasalt, porphyritic | MBAP |
| Metabasalt, phyllitic | MBAPH |