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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Renovation!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/renovation/After nearly a quarter of a century the Museums Mineral Gallery has had a face lift.
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Crocoite on Limonite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/crocoite-limonite/These fragile, needle-like crocoite crystals radiate beautifully from a crumbly gossan matrix.
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Copper
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/copper/This group of arborescent (branching), cylindrical copper crystals is a very fine example of specimens found throughout the oxidised zone of the Broken Hill orebody.
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Tails from the Coasts
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Wild Planet
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