TEXTURE OF GRAIN SIZE OF ROCK ‘Desriptive Tem ‘Defining Gharacteritice Fine Grained ‘Not Vibe to Barely Visible wih Naked Eye Medium Grained Barely to Easily Visible wih Naked Eye, upto -mm (1/8-nch) Coarse Grained 23mm (18-0) [STRENGTH OF INTACT ROCK “SesipveTom Coie —“eideteaion “CB oa Eee Wook FO need by Burra (o3=19) Crane dere low who ot es Voyiiest __gamealanmercanbopotesbyapeaet {43-80 Cane peed by a poctet ine wi uty, e Wook a thon nceteremade yt ow wi” (627200) pont ol goal ares Capote scraped posed in apoctt tne, (a5 500) ‘Medium Strong. 3 specimen can be fractured with a single frm blow (3° of geological hammer. apne ee a Specimen nautes mars fanone blows! 00-1000) ” geological hammer to fracture it. [7000 — 15000] Spectnenraquroe many tow ol eos) (1000-2800) totes FS hammer to fracture I [15000 - 36000) cave Sng n6 Soest bectiptath anne na DEGREE OF WEATHERING ‘Descripive Term oe Defining Character Free Wi No visible sign of rock material weathering Discoloration indeates weathoring of rock matorl and lscontinuty surfaces. Al th rock material may bo ‘ay Wetltered We Gscolored by weathering and may be somowhat weaker than ins fash cordon. Less than hal ofthe rock material is decomposed andor Moderately weathered WS sintegrated to sol Fresh of discolored rock may be present as a discontinuous framework or coretone. “More than hal ofthe rock materiale decomposed andor Highly Wosthered WA dsirtograted to sol. Fresh of discolored rock may be rosent as a discontinuous Tramework or corestone, ‘Allrock materials decomposed andlor disintegrated to sol. Completely Weathered WS Tho original mass stucture ssl largely tact. sol description is required ‘A rock materials converted to oll. The mass structure and Feaneloct We ator atic are deetroyed. otJOINT SPACING doit oa ‘Spacing Exremaly Gloss asi -<18mm (<0Sin) Very Cose ss2 ‘3m Som (oi. ~2in) tose 483 sSomm —30em (2. tt) Moderately Close use ‘06m - dem (HR. =a) wise sss 1 em ~ 050m (at. - 1.) Very Wi 386 2308 6m (210R) BEDDING SPACING Beaaing Code ‘Bed Thickness ‘Very Thick Beds BY >2m 6.5) ‘Thick Bodied a2 ‘600mm =2m (2-85) Medium Becied 83 200mm ~ 600mm (0.652) Thin Bedded Ba ‘60mm ~ 200mm (020 0.65) ‘Very Thily Bodied 85 20mm -6omm (0.06 02) Laminates 86 ‘nm 20mm (0.020.068) Thinly Laminated 87 <émm (<0.02R) CONTINUITY OF CORE STEM PIECES Descrintive Term Length of Dil Gore Stem Pioeas ‘Sound 32007 (en) ‘Sight Fractured 100mm — 200mm (ain - Bin) Moderately Fractured 25mm 100m (tin ~ ain) Extremely Fractured <2 (ti) DISCONTINUITY TYPES Term Code ‘Description ‘Natural paring parallel to suraco of Sasa Feri BP Genoa, between layers ‘surface between two diferent Ithologios Contact ei.” bees Fracture caused by diling. Commonly Dting Indveod DI smooth (core spun or tregular froken in tension) Fracture across which rock has litle or no aoe Nancie strength Fracture along which movement has Shoar Sar. jac Vein VN Fracture fled with mineralsAPERTURE Deceription ‘Code Wall Separation (mm) Ver tight a <0 Tight 2 1-025 Party open, ry 025-05 Open ™ 05-25 Widely pen as 25-10 Vary widely open 6 1-106 Extremely widely open AT 10 1000m Cavemous ” atm Ine Term coe Description Catcto ‘CA Glearcwhte, carbonaceous, erystaline Cay CL Glay coating or infiled seam Gravel 6 ron Oxide FE Yollow/Oranga/Brown discolouration uanz 02 Cearwhito,erystaline Sand s sit Me rarptan ont 8 : Beene ye gre 7 eee ees ay es tN eee ee =