| A - E | F - L | M - R | S - Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| a/a - As Above abnt - Abundant abv - Above Alg - Algae (al) alt - Altered (ing) amor - Amorphous Amph - Amphipora ang - Angular anhy - Anhydrite (ic) ank - Ankerite (ic) app - Appear apr - Apparent aprox - Approximate (ly) aren - Arenaceous arg - Argillaceous ark - Arkose (ic) asph - Asphalt (ic) AST - Assigned Similar to (no actual sample taken) apha - Aphantic bcm - Become (ing) bd - Bed bdd - Bedded bdg - Bedding Belm - Belemnites bent - Bentonite (ic) bf - Buff biocl - Bioclastic biot - Biotite bioturb - Bioturbated bit - Bituman (inous) bl - Blue (ish) blk - Black blky - Blocky bnd - Band (ed) Brac - Brachiopod brec - Breccia (ted) bri - Bright brn - Brown Bry - Bryozoa bulb - Bulbous bur - Burrowed c - Coarse (ly) calc - Calcite (areous) carb - Carbonaceous cbl - Cobble (64-256 mm) Ceph - Cephalopod cg - Conglomerate chk - Chalk (y) chlor - Chlorite cht - Chert chty - Cherty cl - Clastic cln - Clean clr - Clear cly - Clay (ey) cmt - Cement (ed) com - Common coq - Coquina Cor - Coral crbnt - Carbonate Crin - Crinoid (al) crm - Cream crpxl - Cryptocrystalline ctc - Contact deb - Debris decr - Decrease (ing) desi - Desiccation dism - Disseminated dist het - Disturbed Heterogeneous dk - Dark (er) dns - Dense (er) dol - Dolomite (ic) dolst - Dolostone drsy - Drusy dtrl - Detrital (us) elg - Elongate euhed - Euhedral |
f - Fine (ly) fau - Fauna Fe - Iron-Ferruginous Fe-mag - Feromagnesian Fe-st - Ironstone fenst - Fenestral fis - Fissile fl - Fill (ed) fld - Feldspar (thic) flk - Flake flky - Flaky flor - Fluorescence flt - Fault (ed) fltg - Floating fnt - Faint (ly) foram - Foraminifera fos - Fossil (iferous) fr - Fair frac - Fracture (ed) frag - Fragment (al) fri - Friable frmwk - Framework fros - Frosted g - Good Gast - Gastropod gl - Glass (y) glau - Glauconite (ic) gn - Green gr - Grain (ed) gran - Granular grd - Grade (ed) grdg - Grading grnl - Granule (2-4 mm) grnt - Granite gs - Grainstone gy - Grey gyp - Gypsum (iferous) hd - Hard hfrac - Horizontal Fracture hf - Horizontal Fracture hi - High hrtl - Horizontal hvy - Heavy hadj - Hydrocarbon big - Igneous imbed - Imbedded imp - Impression incl - Included (Dion) inc - Increase ind st - Indistinct intbd - Interbedded intcl - Intraclast (s) intfrag - Interfragmental intgran - Intergranular intlam - Interlaminated intr - Intrusion (ive) intv - Interval intxl - Intercrystalline ireg - Irregular ird - Iridescent intrsk - Intraskeletal kao - Kaolin lam - Laminated lchd - Leached len - Lentil (cular) lign - Lignite (ic) lith - Lithographic lmy - Limy lns - Lens lrg - Large (er) ls - Limestone lse - Loose lstr - Lustre lt - Light (er) |
m - Medium mar - Maroon mas - Massive mat - Material, matter md - Mud mdst - Mudstone mica - Mica (ceous) mic - Micro mic - Micro mica - Mica (eous) mky - Milky mnr - Minor mnrl - Mineral (ized) mnut - Minute mod - Moderate Mol - Mollusca mot - Mottled mrlst - Marlstone mrly - Marly mtx - Matrix musc - Muscovite n - No, none, non nod - Nodule num - Numerous o - Oil o - Open occ - Occasional od - Odor ool - Oolite (ic) op - Opaque org - Organic orng - Orange orth - Orthoclase Ost - Ostacod ovgtn - Overgrowth ox - Oxidized p - Preliminary (as suffix) pbl - Pebble (4-64 mm) pel - Pellet perm - permeability pet - Petroleum (iferous) phos - Phosphate (ic) pk - Pink pl - Plant plag - Plagio plcy - Pelecypod plnr - Planar plty - Platy por - Porous (sity) pos - Possible (ility) p-p - Pin-Point pp - Pin-Point ppt - Precipitate pred - Predominant (ly) prim - Primary prob - Probable (ly) prom - Prominent (ly) pt - Part (ly) ptch - Patch (es) ptg - Parting ptsl - Paper Thin Shale Lamination purp - Purple pyr - Pyrite (ic)(ized) pyrb - Pyrobitumen pyrbit - Pyrobitumen qtz - Quartz qtzc - Quartzitic qtzs - Quartzose ran - Random rbc - Removed by Client rd - Round (ed) repl - Replaced (ing)(ment) rexl - Recrystalized RF - Random Fracture rip - Ripple rmn - Remains (nant) rr - Rare rsns - Resinous rthy - Earthy |
s - Small S - Sulphur s - Small s&p - Salt and Pepper sa - Salt (y) sat - Saturated sb - Sub sc - Scales scat - Scattered sd - Sand (1/16-2 mm) sdy - Sandy sec - Secondary sed - Sediment (ary) sft - Soft sh - Shale shad - Shadow shy - Shaly sid - Siderite (ic) sil - Silica skel - Skeletal sks - Slickensided sl - Slight (ly) sln - Solution slt - Silt (y) sltst - Siltstone slty - Silty sm - Smooth SP - Small Plug (as prefix) sp - Spot (ted)(ty) spec - Speck (led) spl - Sample srt - Sort (ed)(ing) ss - Sandstone ssd - Soft Sediment Deformation stn - Stain (ed) (ing) strg - Stringer Strom - Stromatoporoid stromlt - Stromatolite struc - Structure styl - Stylolite (ic) suc - Sucrosic sug - Sugary sup - Supported surf - Surface sz - Size tab - Tabular tex - Texture Tham - Thamnopora thk - Thick thn - Thin thru - Throughout tr - Trace trnsl - Translucent trnsp - Transparent tt - Tight tub - Tubular uncons - Unconsolidated unident - Unidentifiable up - Upper v - Very var - Variable vcol - Varicolored VF - Vertical Fracture vfrac - Vertical Fracture vgt - Varigated vn - Vein vrtl - Vertical vug - Vug (gy) (ular) w - Well wh - White wk - Weak wthrd - Weathered wtr - Water wvy - Wavy wxy - Waxy wsrt - Well sorted x - Extra xbd - Cross-bedded xbdg - Cross-bedding xl - Crystal (line) xlam - Cross-laminated yel - Yellow zn - Zone . - Broken core / - With >10000 - Permeability over 10000mD <0.01 - Permeability less than 0.01 mD CC - Cracked Core DR - Drilled LC - Lost Core RU - Rubble mD - milliDarcy |