Materials collection

The National Geological Materials Collection (NGMC) include the core, palaeontology and petrology collections.


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Core storeBorehole core collections
Major UK collection of onshore hydrocarbon boreholes.
Offshore: Boreholes, vibrocores, gravitycores, grab samples.
Search: Borehole materials database
Fossil collection storePalaeontology collections
Type and stratigraphical collection, survey collection,
micro-palaeontological slides.
Search: PalaeoSaurus online collections database
Thinsection and hand specimenPetrological collections
National reference collection, museum reserve (display quality) collection, building stones collection.
Search: Mineralogy & petrology sample database

Contact Collections

Chief Curator
British Geological Survey
Keyworth
Nottingham
NG12 5GG
E-mail: Dr Mike Howe
Telephone: 0115 936 3105
Fax: 0115 936 3276