COLOUR TEXTURE MINERALISATION
Name Code Type Code Type Code
Black Bck Amygdaloidal AMY Silver AG
Black-Pink BckPi Anhedral ANH Arsenopyrite ASP
Blue Bl Aplitic APL Azurite AZ
Dark Blue BlD Aphanitic APN Barite BA
Blue-Grey BlGy Graphitic/Argillaceous ARG Bismuth Minerals BIS
Light Blue BlL Banded BAN Bornite BOR
Brown Br Broken Core BC Chalcocite CCO
Dark Brown BrD Bedded BED ChalcoStibnite CHSB
Brown Grey BrGy Brecciated BX Cobalt Minerals COB
Light Brown BrL Tectonic Breccia BX-TC Covellite COV
Buff Bu Cataclastic CAT Chalcopyrite CPY
Cream Cr Chill Margin CHM Energite ENG
Green Gr Clast Supported CLS Galena GAL
Apple Green GrAp Cross bedding CRSB Ilmenite ILM
Dark Green GrD Adcumulate CUM-A Magnetite MAG
Green-Grey GrGy Mesocumulate CUM-M Malachite MAL
Green Grey Orange GrGyOr Orthocumulate CUM-O Marcasite MAR
Green Grey Pink GrGyPi Epigranular EGR Molybdenite MOL
Light Green GrL Equigranular EQU Massive Sulphides MS
Olive Green GrOl Euhedaral EUH Massive Sulphides - Mainly CP MS-CPY
Green-Yellow GrYe Exsolution EXS Massive Sulphides - Mainly CP + SPH MS-CS
Grey Gy Flow Breccia FLBX Massive Sulphides - Mainly PO MS-PO
Dark Grey GyD Feldspar (Albite) Flowers FLFW Massive Sulphides - Mainly PY MS-PY
Light Grey GyL Foliated FOL Massive Sulphides - Mainly SPH MS-SPH
Orange Or Fractured FRC Nickel Minerals NI
Orange Brown OrBr Fragmental FRG Pentlandite PEN
Dark Orange OrD Flow Banded FWBN Pyrite PY
Pink Pi Gabbroic GAB Pyrolusite PYL
Pink-Green PiGr Graphitic Granite GPGR Pyrrhotite PYR
Pink-Green-Orange PiGrO Granular GRA Rutile RUT
Pink-Grey PiGy Graded GRD Sphalerite SPH
Pink-Orange PiOr Granophyric GRP Stibnite STB
Pink-Yellow PiYe Heterolithic HET Sulphosalts SUS
Purple Pp Hyaloclastic HYA Tellurides TEL
Dark Purple PpD Komatiitic KOM Tetrahedrite TET
Light Purple PpL Thinly Laminated LAM-0 Visible Gold VG
Pistachio Green-Orange PsOr Laminated LAM-1 Wolframite WLF
Red Re Thickly Laminated LAM-2
Brick-Red ReB Massive MAS Style Code
Red Brown ReBr Megacrystic MGX Bedded BD
Salt'n'Pepper SNP Mottled MOT Disseminated/Blebby DB
White Wh Matrix Supported MTX Disseminated DS
Off White WhOf Mylonitic MYL Fracture Fill FF
Yellow Ye Net Textured NET Fragmental FR
Yellow-Brown YeBr Ophitic OPH Massive MS
Porphyroblastic PBL Patchy PT
Size Code Pegmatitic PEG Semi Massive SM
Very Fine Grained (<0.2m) GC-1 Pisolithic PIS Stringers ST
Fine Grained (<1mm) GS-2 Polylithic POLL Stain STN
Medium Grained - (1-2mm) GS-3 Polymictic POLM Stockwork STW
Coarse Grained - (2-4mm) GS-4 Polysutured POLS Veinlets VL
Very Coarse Grained -(4-64mm) GS-5 Porphyritic POR Veins VN
Xenoliths - (64-256mm) GS-6 Pillowed PW Stylolitic STY
Large Xenoliths (>256mm) GS-7 Pillow Breccia PWBX Internal Partings INPT
Pyroclastic PYRO Ribbon RBN
Quench Textured/Chilled QUEN Brecciated BX
Ribbon RIB Alteration Selvage SVG
Totally Replaced RP
Reworked Volcanic RWVOL
Schistose SCH
Sheared SHR
Skeletal/Crescumulate SKEL
Variolitic/Spherulitic SPHER
Spinifex SPIN
Tholeiitic THOL
Tuffaceous TUFF
Unconsilidated UNC
Vesicular VES
Xenomorphic XEM
Xenolithic XEN prepared by : [Link]
Crystalline XTL
