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Elbaite Tourmaline (Rubellite)
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/elbaite-tourmaline/

This particularly large and colourful columnar crystal of rubellite tourmaline has an attached milky quartz crystal.

Published 07 December 2022

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Adelie land meteorite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/adelie-land-meteorite/

This small meteorite (originally weighing one kilogram) was the first one discovered in Antarctica and was found by Francis Bickerton during Sir Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14.

Published 07 December 2022

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Minerals
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/minerals/

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Published 01 December 2022

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What are minerals?
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/what-are-minerals/

Minerals are the building blocks of our planet. Discover what they reveal about the history of Earth and our solar system and what makes them so essential to our existence.

Published 11 November 2018

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Gemstones
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/

Gemstones are prized for their beautiful colours and patterns and are used in a range of applications including jewellery, decorative items and as important features of mineral collections.

Published 13 November 2018

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Albert Chapman collection
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/mineralogy/albert-chapman-the-collection/

The Albert Chapman mineral collection was purchased by the New South Wales Government in 1988.

Published 17 February 2016

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Australian Museum Gold Collection
https://australian.museum/publications/minerals/gold-collection/

The Australian Museum Gold Collection contains over 980 specimens from Australia and overseas that have been donated, exchanged or purchased throughout the life of the collection.

Published 10 November 2022

Minerals Gallery
Introduction
https://australian.museum/publications/minerals/introduction/

The Australian Museum’s extraordinary minerals collection, curated over almost 200 years, tells a truly amazing story of our planet’s geological history.

Published 07 December 2022

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Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Come face-to-face with one of the most remarkable gold collections to ever tour the globe in the immersive exhibition, <i>Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru</i> and add-on VR experience.

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Future Now

Step into <i>Future Now</i>, an Australian Museum exhibition about sustainability and be inspired by practical and innovative ways to build a more sustainable future.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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