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Identifying gemstones
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/identifying-gemstones/Cut gemstones possess all the physical properties of the mineral from which they are cut, although the crystal shape is no longer evident.
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Glossary of geoscience terms
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/glossary-geoscience-terms/Geoscience (also known as earth sciences and geology) is the study of the Earth and includes all non-living parts of our environment, and everything below the Earth's surface. Here are some common geoscience terms explained.
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Building Materials
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/geological-deposits/building-materials/Perhaps the most important geological deposits are those that we use for building purposes. These come from all geological environments.
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Wave Rock
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/wave-rock/Wave Rock is in the wheat belt region of Western Australia, 350 km south-east of Perth.
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The 'Barratta' Meteorite
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/mineralogy/mineralogy-collection-the-barratta-meteorite/The story of the 'Barratta meteorite' has a rather uncertain beginning. One version claims that in 1859 a stockman witnessed spectacular light and sound effects at a place where pieces of the meteorite were later found.
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A Rock from Cape Horn
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/mineralogy/mineralogy-collection-a-rock-from-cape-horn/On 22 May 1826, two ships sailed from Plymouth, England on a major expedition to chart the southern coast of South America.
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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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Metamorphic rocks
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/metamorphic-rocks/Metamorphic rocks form because of changes in temperature and depth of burial within the Earth in a solid state without actual melting.
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