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| ID_no. | Rock Type CODE | Rock Class Primary | Rock Class Secondary | Location | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alkali (riebeckite) granite - P5301 | Igneous | Magmatic | Nigeria | No |
| 2 | Chloritoid-garnet-staurolite schist - P25091 | Metamorphic | Metapelite | Val Piora, Ticino, Switzerland | No |
| 3 | Eclogite - P19181 | Metamorphic | Metabasite | Lochan na Beinn Fhada, South of Loch Alsh, Glenelg, Inverness-shire, Scotland | No |
| 4 | Epidote amphibolite - P5468 | Metamorphic | Metabasite | South of Callow Lake, Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland | No |
| 5 | Forsterite marble - P5546 | Metamorphic | Marble / Calcsilicate | Craig Reid Raineach, North of Loch Duich, Inverness-shire, | No |
| 6 | Garnet mica schist - P5563 | Metamorphic | Metapelite | Glenshiel, Inverness-shire, Scotland | No |
| 7 | Glaucophane-phengite-garnet-clinozoisite gneiss - P32011 | Metamorphic | Metapelite | Quincinetto, Val dAosta, Italy | No |
| 8 | Hornblende dacite tuff - P19184 | Igneous | Volcanic | Carboneras, Almeria, Spain | No |
| 9 | Ignimbrite - P17017 | Igneous | Volcanic | Arico, Tenerife | No |
| 10 | Lithic greywacke - P19158 | Sedimentary | Clastic | Lettergesh Formation, Co Galway, Ireland | No |
| 11 | Nepheline syenite - P5134 | Igneous | Magmatic | Mauze, Malawi | No |
| 12 | Olivine andesite - P16176 | Igneous | Magmatic | Pukeonake, Tongariro, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | No |
| 13 | Olivine basalt - P32000 | Igneous | Volcanic | Mount Etna volcano, Sicily | No |
| 14 | Ooidal grainstone - D6 | Sedimentary | Carbonates | N/A | No |
| 15 | Spinel lherzolite - P32001 | Igneous | Magmatic | Cabezo Negro de Tallante, Spain | No |
| 16 | Subarkose sandstone - None | Sedimentary | Clastic | Hilbre Point, Hoylake, Wirral | No |
| 17 | Two mica granite - P5471 | Igneous | Magmatic | Walshs Quarry, Three Rock Mountain, County Dublin, Ireland | No |
| 18 | Two pyroxene gabbro - P25030 | Igneous | Magmatic | N/A | No |