Dataset from data.gov.uk · British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS Petrological Collection Database (Britrocks)
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- Oct 2, 2026
Description
The Britrocks database provides an index to the BGS mineralogical & petrological collection. The computer database covers samples in the UK onshore mapping collection together with world wide reference minerals and the Museum Reserve collection. Currently circa 200k out of circa 300k samples are recorded in the computer database. A collection audit is ongoing, so availability of any particular sample is not guaranteed. The first England and Wales collection sample is from circa 1877, Threshthwaite Comb, Cumbria (collected by the Reverend Clifton Ward). The addition of new samples, transfer of records from registers and updates of existing records is ongoing on a regular basis. Internet access to the database is provided on the BGS web site.
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Files (3)
- —BRITROCKS: mineralogy and petrology collections database - Homepage
- —BGS rock collections - Search form
- HTMLGeoIndex Onshore
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