The USGS is the USA's leading source I believe and there is a taxonomy.
(Example of partial work
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/stellwagen/didemnum/htm/page41.h
tm ). I am currently involved in a project with the DOE and part of the
model deals with the characteristics of bore holes including mineral
composition. At a higher level the Periodic Table of Elements is somewhat
relevant. (01)
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On 2012-08-28 5:22 AM, "John F Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: (03)
>On 8/25/2012 9:53 AM, Alex Shkotin wrote:
>> Just to follow idea of Krzysztof Janowicz about standardization, we
>> think standardization of definitions (rock types in our case) is very
>> important.
>
>I'm sure that standardization for any field is important. But I'm
>surprised that there isn't already a standardization of rock types
>in some branch of geology.
>
>What professional groups and/or standards organizations are responsible
>for standards in this field? Any kind of standardization should be
>coordinated with them.
>
>John Sowa
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