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Amethyst geode
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/amethyst-geode/Brazil contains some of the deepest purple amethyst and largest geodes ever found. This impressive amethyst-lined geode shows hundreds of glittering crystals.
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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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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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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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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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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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Malachite in Gossan
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/malachite-in-gossan/This is a very large and impressive malachite (copper hydroxy-carbonate) with rounded groups of green, radiating fibrous crystals of velvety texture, that was extracted from an open cavity in the mine.
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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/pyrosmalite/Pyrosmalite-(Mn) is a very rare mineral, even rarer in large crystals.
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Rhodochrosite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/rhodochrosite/The rich, raspberry colour of this rhodochrosite (manganese carbonate) dazzles with its large transparent and sharp ‘dog-tooth’ crystals up to 4 cm in size.
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