nm 12.0 STANDARD ABBREVIATTONS FoR LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTIONS Hote: Abbreviations for nouns always begin with a eapttal lester. ono, ABBREVIATION ono ANBREVIATION about abe biotite Biot above a Birdseye Beye absent abs Diack (ish) bk, biksh sbundant aba blade Cea) bid) bid aeieular acte blocky buy ‘eplonerate agin blue (teh) br, ish ‘aesresate rv bored (ing) Bor, bor algae, algal Alg, alg orton Ben allechen aus botryoid (-al) Bot, bot altered are boulder wie) sltemeting alte Doundstone ase ‘nnonite fon brachionod Brach ‘snorphous noe brackish beak ‘amount oat branching bene ond & break Brky bri angular ang breccia (sted) Bree, bree anhedral ahd bright bee ‘anhydrite (te) —Anhy, any brittle brie Snthracite path brow ben aphanteie ph bryozoa Bry aopears ey bunbie Bab ‘spprosinate arene bute bu ragonite heag Ducrow (ed) Bary bur Srpilleceous ate calearenite clear arkose (fc) Ark, ark cealeslutite Giele aa calesrudite Clerd ‘apis sph caleistitive — ClsLt assemblage Es csletaphore cles aesockated ecoe ealeite (rie) Cale, ealete a e calcareous ale uehtgente auchg aliche che cverene ayy av carbonaceous carb catbontzee sb band (ed) cavern (ous) Cav, cov esate (fo) caving con basement Eenont (ed, ~ing) Cnty emt become (~ing) ‘cephalopod enh bed. ed) chalcedony (-te) chal, chat eda ing chalk (9) Ch, “chky bentonite (ic) Bent, bent charophvte chat bitusen (-inous) Bie, "bie chert (29) one, ent bioctactic Biot fehitin (ous) Chit, cht bioherm (-al) Bich, bioh chlorite Gie) chlor, chlor blonterite Bont choeolate hoe biooparite Biosp circulate (lon) ire, Cire Biostren (al) Blost, biost claneie clas’woRD ApaREVATION clay Gey) 1, et elaystone cise clea in clear cle cleavage clve cluster clus coal © eoated (ing) cotd cote, Cote, coated grains cotd gn ‘conbie eo color (-od) Cot, cot comnare cf ‘conchoidal ‘conch concretion (cary) Cone, cone conglonorate (ic) Cply ca ‘conodont ono ‘considerable cons ‘consolidated consol feonspteuous conspic ‘contact te SiShsen Gan me Shee lw ‘See Sethu cae cay pacer onan conan ae dark (ee) debets decrease (-ing) fepauperace deseription Contam, contan cone Coq, cogtd Gory Sora eenk Grin, exinat wlan cepld Cub, cub cepa ky dke Deb ane ‘tepan ono, deteteat deviteified Siabase ‘iagencsis (-ette) ‘tinseninated dineillate dolomite (-te) floninant (ly) artliing drill atem teat arusy earthy eehiinosd elevation elongate embedded quant fequivatent euhedral soninte evaporite (-itie) excellent ‘exposed extraclase (te) extremely exttusive rock, extrusive Facer (ed) faint fate Fault (ea) feet feldspar (-athie) Fenestra (-al) ferruginovs Fibrous, fine ly) fissile Hagsy Flake, Flaky Fae Hloating Hora fluorescence (sont) foltaced foot foraninifer, foraminiferal deve Diagn, digs Die dissen Dine moe do oly do on ari ber aru Beh Eley slong, nba feqne Equiv euhd Beap, evap exp Exclas, exclas Fac, fae fae fr Flr, ae re Fspe. fspe Fen, ten ere Fite t, faly fle Ag Pik, 6k fL tes Fle Fluor, fluor fol cs eran, foranfossil (iterous) Fracture (-4) Eeagnent (al) Frequent feiable feinge (ing) frosted frosted quartz grains fucoid Cal) fusulinda gabbro eastropod ae Renerally oopetal Bilsonite Bless Cs) lauconite (tec) ELobigerina (inal) gloss Cy) presse (ic) trreding grain (2, ~ed) srainstone aronite wash granule (ar) rraptolite ieavel ray, grey (ish) raynacke pen Breen (-ieh) ari Cty) aypsus Ciferous) halite (-iferous) hard heavy, Thenatite (-ie) Heverostegina ish CLs) homogeneous horizontal hydrocarbon Fray fra Fe.c. Fac, fue Pus cab zen Glas, ala Glob, "glob Glos, gles Gas, ane sgrapse’ rap ry, erysh Gets ay fany ansh igneous rock (igneous) sapresston inch inclusion (-ded) indistinct indueated in part Snsotuble Snterbedded fntercalaed intorerystaliine intergranular Sntergrown interlaninated interparticle Antersticfes. (feel) interval Aneraclase (te) inteaparticle irregular C1y) opachous jusper Joint (et, ~ine) kaolin (tic) scustrine amiaa’ ("Etons, ~ated) ae laterite (stic) Lavender layer Teaehed Tight Tignite Citic) Limestone Limonite (tic) Lithie Lithographic Lienotogy (te) Hittle Littoral ASAREVIATION Tes te 1m In nel, inet fndst 4nd neta fatale neg ineelen Incet, Antst rncel Ince Anerapae nee, inte inved seid Test ire 430 sntelas esp see Kao, kao tac Yam, Ta ge Lat, Lat av) lye Teba ie Lg, He, i Lim, Lin tay Lithse Lith, 14h Heerea woo toca ong loose over lustre lueite sacrofossil magnetite, magnetic manganese, nanganiferous barbie rl Gy) arlatone marine massive material wate faecium pedsaan renber rmotanorphie rock, retanorphic (cosed) fmica (-ceous) icrite (ie) inicrocrystal line IMtcrofosei] (-iferous) iicrograined snicrenoolite ‘lcropore (-osiey) inlcrospar nicrostyloiite middie milioita ily Inineral (-s20d) foderate pola (te) tolluse mottled sud (dy) mmidstone fnuscovite nodules (-ar) orth no sample wo show oe ag t Macrofos Mag, mag cat meise Meta Me, ‘te Mick, ice mieroxin Microfos, microfos atege Mierool Mieropor, micropor Microspr Microstyl Mid Mili sky Min, min fod Moly wot Moll dy ny Nase Mase Nod, nod x as BAREVEATION ono, so véatble porosity oceastonal ochre oul ‘ofl source rock olive oid (al) eoltcast (cic) oliee (-Acie) Senola 8) fencolice (-otdal) ‘opaque ‘orange (~1sh) orsteoLin organke orthoclase orthoquartzite oatraced overgrowth oxidized packstone papery) part (19) particle parting ports por million atch (9) pebble @Iy) pelecypod pellet (al) polletosa.(~at) permeability (cable) pendular (ous) petroleun, petrol iferous phlogopite Phosphate (atic) phyllite, phyllttie Phreatte pink pinkish Pin-point (porosity) pisold (-al) pisolite, pisolitic pitted plagioclase plant plastic Plat Paps pap Pe, pe Paty par Pe PPM Pehy ped bly Pol Pelee Pely pel Peld, peld Perm, ky perm Pend, pend Pet, pet Phlog Phos, phos Phyl, py Pisoi,piso2 pie Flag Pie plasosp_______asnmevratton wor ABBREVIATION platy pley sand Sa, sty Polish, polished Poly pox Sandstone Set Pollen Poin saturation ( Sat, sat polygonal poly searce ses Porvelaneous porcet eavtered sexe Porosity, porous Por, by por Sehist (-090) Beh, ach Possibie’ Cy), poss scotecodont Scot edominant. (13) Pred Secondary ee Preserved Pres sediment (ary) Sed, sed Prinacy pein etenice Ser Probable (19) prob shale (ly) Shy ah Production Pred shell shi Broninene prom Shelter porosity Shit por Paeudo= Ps show Siw Feeudo oolite (-te) Paool, ptcol siderite (ite) Sid, sie Puntee-stone Poe sidewall core Su purple burp Hives Ciseous) atin Pyrlee (-teleed, ~iete) Byer pve sitky si Pyrobicunen Pople sie Gy) Sie, e1ey Prreelaseic Pree siltstone siese ‘Snilar sin quarts (ose) gee, ate skelecan sxe Guertetee (cic) Geet, gee alabby a slate (> 31, st easier Cacay etre slickenside (-4) Stick, etick Fadia) Rade slight (-1y) ali, aly = me ‘all sal Fecenented recen soft ste Fecovery (ered) ec, ree solution, soluble Sol, sot Feerystallized Fonds soncvhat sot naan Spa sorted (-{n8) ares ree Feet (oid) are south 5 ae ee sear Cry) Bors oor Feplaced (-nent) eps Repl sparse (ly) ape, epely Fenidue (ual) fen) ree speck (ied) Spy pk esta ree sphalerite phat rend (ie) ais, eb spterute (-ttte) Spher, apher etna = spicate. (oa Spicy sphe op ep Sia mn Found Ged) rnd, nda sre Founded, frosted, pitted rfp. fro Ri 1 setts sper a seolactieie sta, Strata (-tftea) Strat, strat saccharoidal ace streak (med) ster, ‘strk sate 9) Sa, 30 striae (ted) Seri, stet Salt ant pepper sip stringer sere salt water Sule seronatolite (-tete) __-Stronlt, stromlt Sane above ae stromtoporotd Strom Saepte sit Stroctore serstylolite (-teie) Sebangulae sublithtc ‘ebrounded sulpher, sulphurous Superfictal golite (-fo) Spfeel, apfoot tabular (-ate) erriginowe texture (-a) thin-bedded thin section throughout ihe top ough Eranstucent transparent trilobite tripolt. Citie) tube cute type (teal) unconformity UincensoLsdated ‘undere Lay underlying uniform oper vatose variation (able) variegated varicolored vein (ing, ed) yeinter ‘veriLion very ‘ery poor sauple vesicular violet Styl, styl soit braid 5, su suet cab ei aby cob t,t Typ. bP te tly oat vad, vad vee varie weed Yow vn vier veeb visible vitreous (ified) volatile Voteante rock, voleante wus. Gay) wackestone Seshed residue weak. vent sich yellow (ish) icon ABBREVIATION vis volat Yole, vole Vues wus, ise uke wer we uy “ wo yely yelsh Pa