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Diorite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/diorite/This small piece of diorite, an igneous rock, may appear unpretentious, but it has an incredible history.
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‘Dinosaur’ Gold Nugget
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/dinosaur-gold-nugget/This gold nugget, worn smooth by the action of water, has an uncanny resemblance to a prehistoric reptile, and has been called the ‘Dinosaur’ gold nugget.
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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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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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Sapphire and Ruby
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/sapphire-and-ruby/Facts about Sapphire and Ruby.
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Pyromorphite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/pyromorphite/Pyromorphite (lead chloro-phosphate) was a common mineral of the oxidised zone of the Broken Hill orebody, and exceptional specimens of various crystal forms and colours were found.
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Anglesite on Cerussite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/Anglesite-on-cerussite/This reticulated cerussite (lead carbonate) has a sugar-like coating of anglesite (lead sulphate).
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Banded Iron Formation
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/banded-iron-formation/Weighing a whopping 437 kg, this spectacular specimen is part of the Archean Nimingarra Formation of Western Australia and illustrates a dramatic change in Earth’s past atmospheric conditions.
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Oxidised zone copper minerals
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/oxidised-zone-copper-minerals/This stunning polished slice of blue chrysocolla (copper silicate with water), green malachite (copper hydroxy-carbonate) and brown ironoxide- stained jasper (silicon dioxide) is from the DeGrussa Copper-Gold Mine in the Pilbara Block of Western Australia.
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Topaz
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/topaz/This is a ‘Rembrandt of the mineral world’ – one of the world’s finest mineral specimens.
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