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Zircons galore: an Indo-Pacific Heritage
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/zircons-galore-an-indo-pacific-heritage/Zircons are gemstones found along volcanic fields in eastern Australia, Asia and Russia. Research follows the trail of their origins.
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Emerald
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/emerald/Facts about Emerald.
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Opal
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/opal/Facts about Opal.
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Azurite on Cerussite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/azurite-on-cerussite/This beautiful specimen contains the largest Broken Hill azurite crystal in our collection.
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Molybdenite on quartz
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/molybdenite-on-quartz/With its large, curved, silvery, flexible and metallic crystal flakes scattered over quartz crystals in an aesthetic arrangement, this is the best molybdenite (molybdenum sulphide) specimen of its type in the world.
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Azurite with Cerussite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/azurite-with-cerussite/This magnificent plate of dark blue azurite (copper hydroxy-carbonate) crystals from the oxidised zone of the Broken Hill orebody was acquired by Albert Chapman from a Broken Hill mine ‘trucker’ who ‘collected’ it in the 1950s.
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Heulandite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/Heulandite/This is an attractive group of lustrous, orange, diamond-shaped crystals arranged in radiating sheaves.
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Smithsonite on Coronadite Stalactite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/smithsonite/These small, sugary, white smithsonite crystals are encrusting branching stalactites of coronadite (lead, manganese oxide).
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‘Welcome’ Gold Nugget Replica
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/welcome-gold-nugget-replica/The Australian Museum has a set of 43 gold nugget replicas, some acquired up to 135 years ago, representing every Australian state except South Australia, as well as New Zealand.
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Alabandite with Calcite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/alabandite-with-calcite/Alabandite is a rare manganese sulphide mineral found in only a few locations in the world, but Broken Hill has produced some of the best and largest examples.
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