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Metamorphic processes
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/metamorphic-processes/Most minerals are only stable at particular temperatures and pressures, so changes in these result in the formation of new minerals.
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Jenolan Caves Minerals
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/mineralogy-collection-jenolan-caves-minerals/The Jenolan Caves are one of the premier tourist attractions of New South Wales. Nine caves are regularly shown to visitors, but several hundred of various sizes are known from the area.
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Shaping the Earth
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/What makes the Earth unique? Where does it fit in the Solar System and, ultimately, the universe? Take a look inside the Earth and find out what it is made from and how it is structured. Look at the processes that shape the Earth.
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Geological deposits and resources
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/geological-deposits/Geology is an important part of our economy and industry.
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Water and sedimentary transport
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/water-and-sedimentary-processes/Water plays a vital role in most sedimentary processes. Pure water itself has little effect on rocks. It is the dissolved gases in water, particularly carbon dioxide, that cause the chemical decay of minerals and mineral dissolution.
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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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The Molong Meteorite – a visitor from outer space.
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-molong-meteorite-a-visitor-from-outer-space/A story about a meteorite from the central west of NSW that has been part of the Australian Museum collection for 83 years.
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Sedimentary processes
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/sedimentary-processes/Sediments are formed by the breakdown (both physical and chemical) of pre-existing rocks, which may be of igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary origin.
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Oliver Chalmers – Curator of Minerals
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/oliver-chalmers-curator-of-minerals/The promising lad who became a highly regarded geologist.
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Radioactive dating
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/radioactive-dating/Radioactive dating is a method of dating rocks and minerals using radioactive isotopes. This method is useful for igneous and metamorphic rocks, which cannot be dated by the stratigraphic correlation method used for sedimentary rocks.
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