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Igneous intrusions
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/igneous-intrusions/Molten magma can invade the Earth's upper layers and then solidify as igneous intrusions.
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Plate Tectonics
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/plate-tectonic-processes/Since the 1950s, several discoveries have led to a new understanding of how the Earth works.
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The universe
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/the-universe/The universe can be defined as the whole of existing things from the scale of sub-micron to outer space.
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Looking inside the Earth
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/looking-inside-the-earth/The internal structure of the Earth consists of three main parts, the crust, mantle and core. The division between the crust and the mantle is called the Moho.
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Cerussite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/cerussite/This statuesque group of cerussite crystals has been an icon of our mineral collection for over 90 years.
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Malachite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/malachite/These lustrous sheaths of emerald-green, radiating, silky malachite (copper hydroxy-carbonate) needles resemble plush velvet and make a very attractive specimen.
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Black Opal
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/black-opal/Australian black opal is the most prized and most valuable type of precious opal.
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Rhodonite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/rhodonite/This outstanding blood-red rhodonite (manganese silicate) crystal group with sharp, parallel bladed crystals is the finest rhodonite crystal group of its kind in the world.
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Stolzite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/stolzite/Stolzite is a rare lead tungstate mineral found in several locations around the world, but Broken Hill produced exceptionally large, nicely coloured and well-formed crystals.
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Chrysocolla replacing Azurite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/chrysocolla-replacing-azurite/These flower-like replacements (or pseudomorphs) of azurite (copper hydroxy-carbonate) by chrysocolla (copper silicate with water) were a unique feature of the Dorothy Mine, and are much prized by collectors.
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