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BGS rock collections - Country list
List of non-UK countries for which we have sample collections.
The number of samples in each collection is shown in brackets for each country.
Acension Island (143)
Afghanistan (34)
Algeria (11)
Argentina (3)
Australia (123)
Austria (30)
Bahamas (33)
Barbados (4)
Belgium (18)
Bermuda (4)
Bolivia (4)
Botswana (2)
Brazil (9)
Bulgaria (3)
Burma (11)
Cambodia (118)
Canada (292)
Cape Verde (3)
Ceylon (1)
Chile (9)
China (10)
Christmas Island (1)
Congo (9)
Cyprus (4)
Czech Republic (3)
Czechoslovakia (211)
Denmark (28)
Dominica (4)
Ecuador (10)
Egypt (43)
Falkland Islands (82)
Finland (134)
France (481)
Gabon (1)
Germany (658)
Ghana (16)
Gibraltar (5)
Greece (23)
Greenland (93)
Guinea (10)
Guyana (26)
Hong Kong (2)
Hungary (138)
Iceland (53)
India (70)
Indonesia (52)
Iran (29)
Iraq (1)
Ireland (417)
Israel (28)
Italy (404)
Jamaica (48)
Japan (16)
Kenya (18)
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Of (228)
Kuwait (1)
Korea (rep. Of) (1)
Libya (1)
Madagascar (4)
Malawi (70)
Malaysia (10)
Malta (9)
Martinique (9)
Mauritania (31)
Mexico (11)
Montserrat (79)
Morocco (6)
Mozambique (20)
Muscat (2)
Namibia (3)
New Zealand (69)
Nigeria (16)
Northern Ireland (659)
Norway (964)
Oman (40)
Pakistan (3)
Panama (8)
Papua New Guinea (6)
Poland (1)
Portugal (180)
Romania (5)
Russia (91)
Rwanda (4)
S. Africa (82)
Sarawak (16)
Serbia (9)
Sierra Leone (5)
Slovakia (1)
Solomon Islands (1)
Somalia (5)
Spain (37)
Sri Lanka (4)
St. Helena (1)
St. Vincent & Grenadines (189)
Sweden (194)
Switzerland (200)
Tanzania (20)
Thailand (7)
Turkey (4)
U.S.A. (489)
U.S.S.R. (17)
Uganda (30)
Ukraine (1)
United Kingdom (625)
Unknown (18)
Yemen (aden) (12)
Yugoslavia (14)
Zambia (1)
Zimbabwe (290)
See also