BGS Petrological Collection Database (Britrocks)
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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Identification info
- Alternative title
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Britrocks
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1986
British Geological Survey
-Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
,NOTTINGHAM
,NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,NG12 5GG
,United Kingdom
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
-Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
,NOTTINGHAM
,NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,NG12 5GG
,United Kingdom
0115 936 3276
- Maintenance and update frequency
- irregular
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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Petrology
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- Keywords
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NERC_DDC
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- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Access via the GeoIndex on the BGS web site, www.bgs.ac.uk. Subject to usual BGS terms and conditions. Copyright to NERC.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
- Other constraints
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Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear. ipr@bgs.ac Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.
- Spatial representation type
- textTable
- Denominator
- 10000
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Extent
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WORLD [id=100000]
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1979
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- Begin date
- 1877
- Additional information
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Spatial precision varies from 1m to 1 km where estimated by reference to BGS gazetteer. In the database incomplete validation and data standards have allowed records of variable completeness, quality and accuracy to be present.
Spatial Reference System
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Hardcopy - Paper
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- Resource Locator
- BRITROCKS: mineralogy and petrology collections database - Homepage
- Resource Locator
- BGS rock collections - Search form
- Resource Locator
- BGS GeoIndex Collections
- Resource Locator
- BRITROCKS: mineralogy and petrology collections database - Homepage
- Resource Locator
- BGS rock collections - Search form
- Resource Locator
- BGS GeoIndex Collections
- Quality Scope
- dataset
- Other
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dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2011
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Degree
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Degree
- Statement
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Data as provided by BGS sample collectors, mostly geological mappers, then copied into paper registers by petrographers and later re-copied into electronic database.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9df8df51-6320-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-03-17
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth
,NOTTINGHAM
,NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,NG12 5GG
,United Kingdom