GeologyRocks

Hi Ronnie

Welcome to GR! 

Hello Ronnie.  Yes we will help you with rock names, but personally I would prefer just to do it here rather than play with codes for programmes. I'm not that good with computers!

Gus may feel differently.

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

To be honest, I'm rubbish with computers!

Hey, thank you!

It's not so complicated...i paste the names here (don't laugh ) 

Micro granite, Granofir, Leuko gabbro 

 Lamprophyre, Rombprophyre

Your Rock must to be: Dolerite, Norite or Troctolite

Rose Granite, White Granite, Adamelite, Pegmatite, Granodiorite, Anortozite 

Amfibol Granite, Granodiorite, Diorite,Neffelin Sienite, Agglomerate

Gabbro, Larvikite, Olive Gabbro, Bojit, Serpentinite, Piroxenite, Kimberlite, Peridotite 

Your Rock must to be: Dacite, Lampofire, Andezite, Trachite, Tuff, Ignimbrite 

 Xenolite, Dunite, Obsidian, Basalt, Spilite, Tuff, Volcano Bomb, StringLava

 Riolite, Ignimbrite, Volcano Bomb

Gneiss, Augengneiss, Migmatite, Amfibolite, Eclogite

 Granulite, Marble, Skarn

Green shale, Black shale, 

Marble, Skarn, Helleflint, Milonite 

Filite, Deformed Shale, Muskovite-shale, other Shale types 

Marble, Shale types, Skarn, Meta-quartz

Poligen Conglomeratum, Breccia 

Other Limestones ,Grauwacke

 Somekind of Sandstone or Arkosa

Somekind of Limestone or tuff, Stalactite 

NaCl (Salt Rock), Dolomite, Iron stone 

Shale, clay 

marl, chalkstone, Corall, Somekind of Limestone 

moraine clay, Dolomite, iron stone, anthracite, Coal, Lignite, amber, Flint

Thats all of it....I will share the program once completed (Or i will send Gamma version anytime you want!)

OK Ronnie.  Most are not so different.

But right now I haven't got any time as I'm away for the weekend.

I will answer on MondayJohn

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

Thank you John! 

 OK Ronnie,

This is your list with those which are correct in English in red, with your spelling in blue.  Very very good! Well done! Mostly they are mistakes which even an English person who was unfamiliar with geological terms might make.   My comments are in Italics. The words left in black are ones I can't understand for one reason or another. In most cases I've asked you to describe - or Google it and send me the link so I can look at it.

Micro-granite, Granofir, (granophyre = microgranite) Leuko gabbro (By 'leuko'do you mean white or colourless? There is leucite - a felspathoid mineral, or leucitite an alkali basalt, or leucitophyres an undersaturated trachytes, or leucocratic a term applied to igneous rocks mainly comprised of light coloured minerals)

 Lamprophyre, Rombprophyre  (prophyre is correct, but I've never heard of rombprophyre.  Can you describe it?)

 Dolerite, Norite or Troctolite

Rose Granite, White Granite,  (the spelling of the colours is correct, but I don't know what you are reffering to. We don't tend to put the colours of granite, although Shap granite has large pink feldspar crystals.  The French have la granit rose, mostly along their NW coast)  Adamelite, Pegmatite, Granodiorite, Anortozite (anorthite perhaps - part of the solid solution series from anorthite to albite?)

Amfibol (Amphibole) Granite, Granodiorite, Diorite, Neffelin  (Nephline)  Sienite  (syenite), Agglomerate

Gabbro, Larvikite, Olivine Gabbro, Bojit  (bojite - gabbro containing primary amphibole.  Not something we tend to use, but certainly in the Dictionary of Geology,) Serpentinite, Piroxenite, (pyroxene) Kimberlite, Peridotite 

 Dacite, Lampofire,(lamporphry) Andezite, (andesite) Trachite, Tuff, Ignimbrite 

 Xenolite (there is nothing in English that will equate to this.  Can you describe it please), Dunite, Obsidian, Basalt, Spilite, (spillite) Tuff, Volcano Bomb, StringLava  (I think that you may mean Peles Hair?)

 Riolite, Ignimbrite, Volcano Bomb

Gneiss, Augen gneiss, Migmatite, Amfibolite, (amphibolite)   Eclogite

 Granulite, Marble, Skarn

Green shale, Black shale, ('shale' is correct and the spelling of colours is correct, but I don't know what context you are using the colours in)

Marble, Skarn, Helleflint (no idea of this.  Can you describe?), Milonite (may have two L's - I will check.  It isn't in the Dictionary of Geology)

Filite, (Phyllite) Deformed Shale (both words are correct, but I've never seen them together), Muskovite-shale (Nor these. We would probably just say micaceous shale), other Shale types 

Marble, Shale types, Skarn, Meta-quartz

Poligen (I really can't understand this at all.  Please describe)  Conglomeratum,  (we would refer to 'conglomerate', which could be qualified with 'matrix supported' or 'clast supported' - I trust you understand those terms? )   Breccia 

Other Limestones ,Grauwacke (greywacke)

 Somekind of Sandstone or Arkosa (arkos)

Somekind of Limestone or tuff, Stalactite (and stalacmite?)

NaCl (Salt Rock), Dolomite, Iron stone 

Shale, clay 

marl, chalkstone, (we would just say chalk) Corall,(coral)  Somekind (these are two words.... some kind) of Limestone 

moraine clay (usually referred to as glacial till or moraine till), Dolomite, iron stone, anthracite, Coal, Lignite, amber, Flint

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

Sorry for the late response...

However i will answer the questions later (because of exams in school).

Thank you for correcting me!

I will post later!

    Ronnie 

Thank you for correcting me. I translated these names form a book i have, written by Chris Pellant. In this book Granite has more species, and in hungarian they are separated by their color. Like Rose Granite (Pink), White Granite etc.

I could not find Xenolite on the internet, however the book contains a rock, called Xenolit in hungarian.

"micaceous shale" understood. Thank you.

Helleflint...Well this name was translated from "Helleflinta". It looks like Flint...just a little bit...different.

The shale...just like the Granite, it has more colors (only in this book).I will only type "Shale" in the program.

Poligén means More, or Multiple. I will only say, that is Coglomerate. 

The string lava reffers to Peles Hair...It's "Peles" or "Pele's" ?

While writing this post, i found "Xenolit", it's Xenolith, and it is not a rock type...It's some kind of deformation or a rock piece in an another rock-. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabbro

Take a look at the last picture: Gabbro as a xenolith in a granite, eastern Sierra Nevada, Rock Creek Canyon, California. 

 By leukko I don't mean 'colurless'...I could not find this on google. Thank you anyway!

Thank you very much John, i will correct the words, and upload a newer version of the program at this site: http://ninescripts.webs.com/downloads

You can download Gamma version, wich i posted in this thread.

Hi John!

You can download the program from  http://ninescripts.webs.com/downloads

If you find any bug, or error or syntax problem, please tell me!

Thank you for the corrections, once i release v.2.1 i will include your name in the "Co-Operators" section if i have your permission.

You will need Win-RAR to install the program, BUT if you don't have it i will send you ONLY the program!

Regards,

Ronnie. 

No problem.

I thought you might mean xenolith, but I wasn't sure.  Xeno is Greek for 'foreign' and lith Greek for 'stone' , so xenolith is simply one rock in another, but of a different type.

Pele's Hair should have an accent over the second e, but in English we don't use accents, so if we need it (for a French word for example) we have to go to 'symbols' and search.  I couldn't do that on here.   By coincidence I went to a lecture on Tuesday evening at Bristol University and a cabinet in the corridor has a wonderful example of Pele's Hair.

Yes, we name granites but not usually from their colour (except shap Pink and Shap Blue perhaps).  Mostly they are named after the type location.  By the way....I mentioned the French Granit Rose.  That should have an accent over the e.

 There are different limestones, but only an expert would know them apart.  Many of those in the South West of England are exposed in the Mendip Hills, particularly at a place called Burrington Coomb.  I went there with a limestone expert and was amazed at the variety.  Strange place.  Because of the direction of  the bedding as you walk up-hill you walk back in time! 

I don't know if you know of the hymn 'Rock of Ages'?  That was first though of there, by the Reverend Toplady in the 19C, when he sheltered from a storm by getting in a crevice in a rock.  He completely missed the colonial coral fossil nearby!!!

Glad it helped you.  Don't hesitate to ask again if you need to.  I will look at your identification chart early next week.  I am off to a big mineral and fossil show tomorrow for the weekend.

 John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

I was looking at another posts, and i realised, that in another countries (like England) there are so many Rock and Mineral expositions, shows.

Here in Romania, you are pretty lucky if you find an exposition like those.I catched one in Hungary, (I love that country) and i was really satisfied.

The only thing that i can do here, is to go in the Carpathians  (to the volcanic zones)  and pick some Rocks from there.I found some cool andesite pieces, BUT i found a greenish rock (i presume it's some kind of Marble) and i don't know what the heck it could be.I found this rock here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turda_Gorge and I'm sure that is a calcar thing , (wikipedia) but i never saw such a green one.

It has sharp edges.

Thank you again, and have fun at the show.

   Ronnie 

 There are quite a few.  Bakewell is the furthest north I go, so I really don't know much about those up there.  In the south we have  4 club shows.  That includes the Geologists Association at University College London, which isn't quite the same.  In fact there are more displays there from the various affiliated clubs than dealers.

There is only one I don't do, Haywards Heath, because I fell out with the organiser many years ago.   But I do like to support the clubs.  The show contributes to their revenue to keep going.

Anyway, the Bakewell Rock Exchange was excellent - as usual.  Being roughly central in UK it is a meeting point for the northern and southern dealers.  We only see each other once a year, so there is always a great deal to talk about.

Turda Gorge looks great!  Sort of place I'd like to explore - and the surrounding countryside.

When I take students to Spain, they do a mapping exercise around the Foz de Lumbier. – Foz is Spanish for gorge - (lots of sites about it on Google). But by the end of October the country rocks (mainly marls and sandstones) have been parched, so its not very green.

Talking of green – could your unidentified piece be olivinite?

 John

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

No, it's not olivine, but thank you anyway!

Thanks for your support John!

I displayed your name at my website!

If i have any question, i will post it!

(I hope you looked at my program )

I went to your web site, and I'm almost registered as a 'member' (waiting confirmation email)  Am I only number 2?????

I want to look at your programmes but I simply don't recognise this RIDEV, Alpha, Gamma.  It scares me when I don't know, because if I download something 'nasty' I don't know how to fix it.  I can only hope my anti-virus catches it and if not I'd have to take it to a friend quite a long drive away.

It said I need something else to run this - which, again, I've never heard of.

I think you must remember that not everyone is as familiar with  computer technology as you.  Perhaps if you modified it to be more 'user friendly' (or should I say 'idiot friendly') you will attract more people.   Just a thought.

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

Actually, You're right.This needs to be more user-friendly.

You can't download anything nasty from my site, but sorry anyways.

 Here is a direct link.You don't have to do anything just press DOWNLOAD.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ds0ludzta443cnm/RockID.ExpertV2.1.exe 

Sorry for any trouble.  

I will make changes soon!

   Thank you!

Yes You Are Nr.2....

RIDE = Rock.ID Expert

V = version 

The bigger the number after "V" is, the better.

Going back to my Website...You have to go to Downloads section, then press download what you want!

Sorry again, i will fix it! 

No luck Ronnie.  I pressed 'download' and my antivirus says it is a high risk web site with malware. 

I know you said it is safe, but there is little point in having antivirus if you ignore it.

Perhaps one of your adverts is the problem?

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

That's wierd.Very wierd.

I  uploaded it here to:

https://mega.co.nz/#!QxYUATiL!IT9bSU-cLNiEcYEktnLdTHWtaxFwsrNj1_h7Ptc3clU

Believe me, there is no virus in the links i sent.

I'm honest with you, and i would not post all of this if the program would be a virus or malware.

Once you downloaded the program, run the installer, then go where you installed it and run the program! It's that simple!

I recieved your email because you registered to my site! Thank you!

I can send he program there if you want!

Sorry again for all! 

I'm sure there isn't a virus, but since I wouldn't know what to do if I got one I simply can't take the chance.  If you want to send the programme perhaps that might be best.

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

Done.