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Geological origin of gemstones
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/geological-origin-of-gemstones/Gemstones are formed below the Earth's surface and can sometimes show traces of other minerals, called inclusions.
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Valuing gemstones
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/valuing-gemstones/Gemstones are valuable because they are a rare and desirable commodity. They also represent time and labour spent on cutting and presentation.
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Fluorite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/fluorite/Facts about Fluorite.
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Labradorite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/labradorite/Facts about Labradorite
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Zircon
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/gemstones/zircon/Facts about Zircon
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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.
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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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