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Sardonyx dish and stand
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/sardonyx/Sardonyx is a variety of chalcedony (silicon dioxide) with alternating brown to red and white to yellow bands.
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Wulfenite with Mimetite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/wulfenite/Wulfenite (lead molybdate) displays some of the most vibrant colours in the mineral world, from honey-yellow, orange and red to olive green.
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Topaz
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/topaz-brazil/This huge, clear topaz crystal weighing 5.5 kg has a perfect and sharp crystal shape (orthorhombic crystal system) with a diamond-shaped cross-section.
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Jasperised wood
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/jasperised-wood/This polished, richly hued slice of jasperised wood is from the Petrified Forest National Park, which covers parts of Navajo and Apache Counties in north- eastern Arizona, USA.
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Manganite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/manganite/Germany has produced some of the largest and best manganite (manganese hydroxide) crystals in the world, as shown by this superb example.
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Celestine
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/celestine/This large hollow geode lined with sky blue celestine crystals was purchased from a Victorian mineral dealer.
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Cuprite on Calcite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/Cuprite-on-calcite/Emke Mine in Namibia has produced some very large cuprite (copper oxide) crystals, with some being of gem quality and able to be faceted into rare dark-red gemstones.
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Homo antecessor
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-antecessor/This species name is highly debated with many considering the remains to be Homo heidelbergensis. Whatever species they come from, these fossils are the oldest Homo found in Europe.
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Paranthropus genus
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/paranthropus-species/The genus or group Paranthropus currently includes three species, P. boisei, P. robustus, and P. aethiopicus. They are collectively known as the ‘robusts’ because of their extremely large jaws and molar teeth. They are our distant ‘cousins’ rather than our direct relatives.
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Australopithecus afarensis
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/australopithecus-afarensis/This species is one of the best known of our ancestors.
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