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Labradorite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/labradorite/

Facts about Labradorite

Published 12 September 2012

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Zircon
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/zircon/

Facts about Zircon

Published 12 September 2012

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Quartz
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/quartz/

Quartz is the most common mineral, present in a wide range of rocks and gemstones.

Published 15 February 2017

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Lavas
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/lavas/

One of the products of volcanic eruptions is lava. Lavas vary widely in composition depending upon their original source magma.

Published 27 August 2009

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Concretions, Thunder Eggs and Geodes
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/concretions-thunder-eggs-and-geodes/

Concretions are compact, often rounded, accumulations of mineral matter that form inside sedimentary rocks such as shale and sandstone or in soil.

Published 02 June 2009

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Limestone caves
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/limestone-caves/

Caves form in limestone (calcium carbonate), and occasionally in dolomite (calcium magnesium carbonate), when water containing dissolved carbon dioxide (carbonic acid) seeps into rock crevices and joints.

Published 29 July 2009

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Structure of volcanoes
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/structure-of-volcanoes/

Although volcanoes are often seen as being destructive they are also constructive. They add more land to the surface of the Earth and, when weathered, provide us with a nutrient-rich soil for agriculture.

Published 07 May 2009

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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.

Published 11 February 2009

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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.

Published 26 October 2015

geological processes geoscience earth sciences Earth and Environmental Science geology
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.

Published 08 June 2010

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Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Come face-to-face with one of the most remarkable gold collections to ever tour the globe in the immersive exhibition, <i>Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru</i> and add-on VR experience.

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Future Now

Step into <i>Future Now</i>, an Australian Museum exhibition about sustainability and be inspired by practical and innovative ways to build a more sustainable future.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

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