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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Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). BGS Petrological Collection Database (Britrocks). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df51-6320-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
Simple
- Alternate title
- Britrocks
- Date ( Creation )
- 1986
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
Custodian
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- Maintenance and update frequency
- irregular Irregular
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
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- Geology
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Petrology
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- 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
- 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.
- Denominator
- 10000
- Metadata language
- English English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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WORLD [id=100000]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
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S
E
W
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- Supplemental Information
- 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.
- Reference system identifier
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OGP
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
- Date ( Revision )
- 2005
- Reference system identifier
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OGP
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GEOG
- Date ( Revision )
- 2005
- Reference system identifier
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OGP
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GLOC
- Date ( Revision )
- 2005
- Distribution format
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- Hardcopy - Paper ()
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- OnLine resource
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GeoIndex
The GeoIndex allows users to search for information about BGS data collections covering the UK and other areas world wide. Access is free, the interface is easy to use, and it has been developed to enable users to check coverage of different types of data and find out some background information about the data. More detailed information can be obtained by further enquiry to specified contacts, and ordering can be carried out via the web site.
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Other
- dataset
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- false
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- false
- Statement
- Data as provided by BGS sample collectors, mostly geological mappers, then copied into paper registers by petrographers and later re-copied into electronic database.
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- 9df8df51-6320-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- English English
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-01-14
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480097