UK Geological Terrace

Quartz breccia

Lewisian Gneiss

Chouet 'Granite' (hornblende diorite)

Granite' (diorite)

Hornblende schist

Serpentinite

Ben Nevis Limestone

Schistose grit

Mica schist

Greywacke

Ingleton 'granite' (greywacke)

Torridonian Sandstone

Breccia (porphyrite)

Granite (porphyry)

Diorite (granophyre)

Slate

Tuff (andesitic)

Sandstone (purple)

Slate (Prescelly green)

Slate

Slate (Broughton Moor Green)

Syenite (blue)

Dolerite (Tonfanau granite)

Granite (micro - diabase)

Andesite (Greenstone)

Granite (micro Threlkeld)

Dolerite (spotted)

Granite (Trevor)

Diorite (diabase)

Granite (micro - porphyry)

Dolerite (whinstone)

Granodiorite

Limestone (Maryfield)

Diorite

Diorite with vein

Granite (Corrennie)

Granite (Invergelder)

Granite (Rubislaw)

Granite (Kemnay)

Granite

Granite (Sclattie)

Granite (Peterhead)

Norite

Granite (Shap dark)

Granite (Shap light)

Granite (Creetown)

Granite

Metaquartzite

Rhyolite (felsite)

Dolerite (olivine rich whinstone)

Basalt (olivine rich whinstone)

Sandstone (calc grit)

Sandstone

Limestone (Black Rock)

Limestone (Ashburton Marble)

Limestone

Limestone

Sandstone

Slate

Limestone with bands of chert

Limestone

Limestone

Limestone

Dolerite (whinstone)

Limestone (dolomite - Magnesian)

Limestone (Mountain)

Limestone

Limestone (mountain)

Limestone (Mountain) (Millers Dale Rock)

Limestone (Mountain)

Limestone (dolomite)

Limestone (shaley)

Dolerite (olivine rich)(whinstone, Barton Rock)

Dolerite (Whinstone, teschenite)

Basalt (Whinstone, Walliwall Stone)

Sandstone Stoke or Darley Dale Stone)

Sandstone

Sandstone (Bramley Fall Stone)

Sandstone (Haworth Freestone)

Sandstone (Crosland Hill Stone)

Sandstone (Dunn House Stone)

Sandstone

Sandstone (Yorkshire Stone)

Sandstone

Sandstone (Park Spring White Freestone)

Sandstone (Woodkirk Brown Stone

Sandstone (ganister)

Sandstone (Hard York Stone)

Sandstone Hipperholme Hard York Stone

Sandstone (Silex Hard York Stone)

Sandstone (Greenmoor Rock)

Sst (Greenmoor Rock or Shepley Blue Stone)

Sst (Greenmoor Rock, brown variety)

Sandstone (Blue Pennant Stone)

Sandstone (greywacke)

Coal (anthracite)

Sandstone (Bixhead Blue)

Sandstone (Barnhill Grey)

Dolerite (whinstone)

Dolerite (whinstone)

Granite

Hornfels (altered dolerite)

Granite

Granite (Kit Hill)

Granite

Ore body with galena

Fluorspar

Calc spar - similar to tufa?

Dolerite (diabase) (Trusham Stone)

Dolerite (whinstone)

Diabase

Basalt (Pocombe Stone)

Sandstone (dolomitic)(White Mansfield Stone)

Limestone (Magnesian)

Limestone (Magnesian)

Limestone (Magnesian)

Anhydrite

Sandstone (Woolton Stone)

Sandstone (St Bees Red)

Sandstone (Hollingston Stone) (White var.)

Sandstone (Hollingston Stone) (red var.)

Sandstone (Hollingston Stone) (mottled var.)

Rock Salt (halite)

Gypsum

Limestone (Aberthaw)

Limestone (Blue Lias)

Limestone (Blue Lias)

Limestone (Blue Lias)

Limestone (Limey iron ore)

Sandstone (Ham Hill)

Ironstone

Limestone (Northants Ironstone)

Limestone (Ketton Freestone)

Limestone (Doulting Stone)

Limestone Hartham Park Oolite)

Limestone (Clipsham Stone)

Limestone (St Aldhelm Box Ground)

Limestone

Limestone (argillaceous with band of chert)

Limestone ( Portland with shark's fin

Fossil wood

Limestone (Chilmark)

Limestone (Freestone)

Limestone (Roach)

Limestone (Roach)

Limestone (Spangle)

Fossil ammonite

Limestone (Thornback)

Gypsum

Limestone (Purbeck Marble)

Limestone (Bethersden Marble)

Limestone (Kentish Rag)

Sandstone (sandy limestone

Sandstone (Greensand concretion

Sandstone (Salcombe Stone)

Limestone (Chalk - Melbourne Rock)

Limestone (Chalk - )

Limestone (Beerstone)

Limestone (Chalk Rock)

Limestone (Chalk with flints)

Flint

Conglomerate (Puddingstone)

Conglomerate (Puddingstone)

Sandstone

Grit (agglestone)

Conglomerate (Sarsen Stone)

Basalt

Basalt (columnar)

Sandstone

Sandstone (shelly concretion

Limestone (Bembridge)

Tufa/travertine

Conglomerate (Burley Rock)

Amlwch,

Lewis, Outer Hebrides

Chouet, Guernsey

Les Vardes, St Sampson's, Guernsey

Maryfield, near Banchor,

Gwendreath, Kennack, Lizard

Dorney, Torlundy

Bonskeid, Killecrankie Pass

Clunie, Aberfeldy,

River Tummel, Pitlochry

Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury

Ingleton,

Torridon, Highland

Whitwick, Coalville

Shepshed,

Groby

Penrhyn

Treffgarne

Caerbwdy

Lower Torch

Ffestiniog

Coniston Old Man

Mancetter, Atherstone

Tonfanau, Towyn

Poortown, Peel

Penberry, St. David's

Threlkeld, Keswick

Carn Meini, Prescelly Range

Yr Eifl, Trevor, Pwllheli

Penmaenmawr

Cerrig-yr-wyn, Llangynog

Morrinton

Oatland Quarry, Douglas

Maryfield, Banchory, Kincardine

Inverawe, Loch Etive foot of Ben Cruachan

Corrennie, Aberdeen

Invergelder, Balmoral

Rubislaw, Aberdeen

Kemnay, Aberdeen

Perseley, Aberdeen

Sclattie, Aberdeen

Stirlinghill, Bodham, Peterhead

Balmedie

Wasdale

Fell Hill, Kirkcudbright

Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright

Crossley Quarry, Maryculter, Kincardine

Cairngryffe, Pettinain, Lanark

Taylorspark Quarry, St Cyrus, Kincardine

Friarton Quarry, Perth

Craig-yneuadd, Heol Senn,

Cartland, Viaduct over Mousewater, Lanark

Bulley Cleaves (Black Rock) Buckfastleigh

Stalwell Bushes, Ashburton

Rydon Quarry, Kingsteingnton

Radford, Oreston, Plymouth

Mitcheldean

Delabole

Westleigh, Burlescombe, Tiverton

Fairy Cave, Oakhill

Kenfig Hill, South Cornelly

Whatley

Arnold, Chipping Sodbury

Penrith

Cawfields Quarry, Haltwhistle

Breedon and Cloud Hill

Hewton Mottage, Porthcawl

Cromhall, Charfield

Dove Holes

Mill Cliff, Buxton

Crich Cliffs, Matlock

Llynclys, Oswestry

Oxwellmains, Dunbar

Barnton, Queensferry

Spring Grove Quarry, Paisley

Walliwall, Kirkwall

Stoke, Grindleford

Darley Dale, Matlock

Woodside, Horsforth, Leeds

Bankfield and Dimples, Haworth

Crosland Hill, Huddersfield

Staindrop, W of Darlington

Bearle, Stocksfield on Tyne

Cullingworth

Hall Cown, Britannia, Whitworth

Bramley, Leeds

Woodkirk Quarry

Knitsley Fell, Wolsingham

Halifax

Hipperholme, Halifax

Shepley

Craig-yr-Hesg, Pontypridd

Conygar, Clevedon

Carway Colliery, Llanelli

Coleford

Coleford.

Sreenfoot, Stanhope

Duntilland, Shotts

Inverkeithing

Springbank, Airdrie

Lennie, Turnhouse

Hillwood, Ratho

Norton, Ratho

Snipe, Forrestfield, Airdrie

Craigpark, Ratho

Letacq, Jersey

Penlee, Newlyn

Bearah Tor, North Hill

Tregarden, Luxulian

Pelastine, Mabe Parish, Penryn

Penryn

De Lank, St. Breward, Bodmin

Kit Hill, Callington

Hingston Down, Gunnislake

Greenside Mine, Glenridding, Ullswater

Youlgrave

Trusham Station Teign

Hillhouse, Troon

White Cleaves, Buckfastleigh

Pocombe Bridge, Exeter

Mansfield

Armstrong Quarry, Worksop

Pleasley Junction, Mansfield Woodhouse

Whitburn and Marsden

Mansfield

Billingham, Stockton on Tees

Woolton, Liverpool

St Bees, Whitehaven

Hollington, Rocester

Beggars Well, Uttoxeter

Meadow Bank, Winsford,

Hawton, Newark,

Birks Head, Long Marton, Appleby,

Aberthaw,

New Bilton, Rugby,

Lyme Regis,

Trent Re Mine, Scunthorpe,

Ham Hill, Montacute,

Corby,

Ketton,

Doulting, Shepton Mallet,

Hartham Park, Doulting, Shepton Mallet,

Clipsham,

Box Hill,Box,

Hovingham, Helmsley,

Not recorded but sourced by W & P BC

Worth Matravers, Isle of Purbeck

Portland,

Chilmark

Portland

St Aldhelm's Head, Purbeck

Fratton, Worth Matravers

Mountsfield, Robertsbridge

Kingston, Purbeck

Bethersden, Ashford, Kent

Borough Green

Postley, Maidstone

Swanage Bay, Swanage

Salcombe

Folkstone

Melton Ross

Hogtrough Hill

Beer

Hessle, Hull

Upper Beeding, Steyning

Caistor St Edmunds, Norwich

Not named

Portesham,

Bournemouth

Studland, Dorset

Bournemouth

Levallymore, Armargh

Craigahulliar, Antrim

Hengistbury Head

Southampton

Totland

Portland

Burley, New Forest

The Geological Terrace at Bournemouth University

Geological Terrace Database

Dorset GA main page

Catalogue 4th edition

Maps of site

Arrival 2005

updated: July 5, 2017

Dorset Geologists' Association Group

Identifying Rocks of the Geoterrace

Bournemouth University

The terrace is a collection of nearly 200 rock types from around the UK. They were placed here in 2009 and originally gathered together in 1947. They have, to a large extent, lost their original numbering system partly by having been moved several times. The Dorset GA Group is attempting to complete the following list by obtaining samples from any available quarries or possibly close by similar faces. Samples of 5-10 cms would probably be sufficient. Postal charges would be refunded by the Dorset GA. Further information can be obtained from here

Further information on the original sites can be obtained by looking up the book number (1st column) from the 1947 catalogue here

green rocks have been identified

orange rocks have been collected to aid identification

Some samples are missing either removed or lost or simply too fragile to have survived

100

101

102

103

104

105

106

107

108

109

110

111

112

113

114

115

116

117

118

119

120

121

122

123

124

125

126

127

128

129

130

131

132

133

134

135

136

137

138

139

140

141

142

143

144

145

146

147

148

149

150

151

152

153

154

155

156

157

158

159

160

161

162

163

164

165

166

167

168

169

170

171

172

173

174

175

176

177

178

179

179a

180

181

182

183

184

185

186

187

188

189

190

191

192

193

194

195

196

197

198

199

200

201

202

138

56?

131

absent

117

absent

118

140

107

absent

123

104

108

absent

100?

81?

54?

162

135

144

34?/152?

126

142

134

133

absent

155

62?

absent

163

absent

154

120

143

absent

146

130

92a

absent

65?

118

145

147

165

151

103

87?/159?

absent

114

148

125

absent

110

156

164

122

136

Precambrian

Dalradian

Devonian?

Dalradian

Precambrian

Lower Palaeozoic

Precambrian

Cambrian

Ordovician

Silurian

Caledonian

Dalradian

Caledonian

Dalradian

Old Red Sst

Devonian

Old Red Sst

Devonian

Carboniferous

Carboniferous?

Carboniferous

Carboniferous, Millstone Grit

Carboniferous, Coal Measures

Carboniferous Coal Measures

Carboniferous, Coal Measures

Carboniferous, Pennant Grit

Carboniferous, Coal Measures

Carboniferous, Pennant Sst

Carboniferous

Variscan

Recent

Permian

Trias, Bunter

Trias, Keuper

Jurassic, Lower Lias

Jurassic, Upper Lias

Jurassic, Inferior Oolite

Jurassic, Great Oolite.

Jurassic, Great Oolite

Jurassic, Corallian

Jurassic, Portland Beds

Cretaceous, Lower Purbeck

Jurassic, Portland Beds

Cretaceous, Middle Purbeck

Cretaceous, Upper Purbeck

Cretaceous

Cretaceous, Hythe Beds

Cretaceous, Upper Greensand

Cretaceous, U.G.S.

Cretaceous, Chalk

Cretaceous, Middle Chalk

Cretaceous, Upper Chalk

Tertiary (Eocene)

Tertiary (Eocene, ?Reading Beds)

Tertiary (Eocene)

Tertiary, Bracklesham Beds

Tertiary, Oligocene

Unknown

Pleistocene

Anglesey

Highland

Channel Islands

Aberdeenshire

Cornwall

Highland

Perth and Kinross

Shropshire

N Yorkshire

Highland

Leicestershire

Gwynedd

Pembrokeshire

Merioneth

Cumbria

Warwickshire

Merioneth

Isle of Man

Pembrokeshire

Cumbria

Pembrokeshire

Gwynydd

Carmarthen

Dumfries & Galloway

Isle of Man

Perth and Kinross

Highland

Aberdeenshire

Cumbria

Dumfries & Galloway

Aberdeenshire

Lanarkshire

Aberdeenshire

Perth & Kinross

Powys

Lanarkshire

Devon

Gloucestershire

Cornwall

Devon

Somerset

Glamorgan

Somerset

Gloucestershire

Cumbria

Northumbria

Leicestershire

Glamorgan

Gloucestershire

Derbyshire

Shropshire

E. Lothian

Edinburgh

Renfrewshire

Orkney

Derbyshire

Yorkshire

Co. Durham

Northumbria

Yorkshire

Lancashire

Yorkshire

Co. Durham

Yorkshire

Glamorgan

Somerset

Carmarthenshire

Gloucestershire

Co. Durham

N. Lanarkshire

Fife

N. Lanarkshire

Midlothian

Edinburgh

N. Lanarkshire

Edinburgh

Channel Islands

Cornwall

Cumbria

Derbyshire

Devon

Ayrshire

Devon

Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire

Co. Durham

Derbyshire

Co. Durham

Lancashire

Cumbria

Staffordshire

Cheshire

Nottinghamshire

Cumbria

Glamorgan

Warwickshire

Dorset

Lincolnshire

Somerset

Northamptonshire

Rutland

Somerset

Rutland

Wiltshire

Yorkshire

Dorset

Wiltshire

Dorset

Sussex

Dorset

Kent

Dorset

Devon

Kent

Lincolnshire

Kent

Devon

Yorkshire

Suffolk

Norfolk

Dorset

N.Ireland

Dorset

Hampshire

Isle of Wight

Dorset

Hampshire

bk no. terr.no. rock type

age

original source

County

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