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Sardonyx dish and stand
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/sardonyx/Sardonyx is a variety of chalcedony (silicon dioxide) with alternating brown to red and white to yellow bands.
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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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Topaz
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/topaz-brazil/This huge, clear topaz crystal weighing 5.5 kg has a perfect and sharp crystal shape (orthorhombic crystal system) with a diamond-shaped cross-section.
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Jasperised wood
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/jasperised-wood/This polished, richly hued slice of jasperised wood is from the Petrified Forest National Park, which covers parts of Navajo and Apache Counties in north- eastern Arizona, USA.
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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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Celestine
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/celestine/This large hollow geode lined with sky blue celestine crystals was purchased from a Victorian mineral dealer.
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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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Australian theropods
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/australian-dinosaurs/australian-theropod-dinosaurs/The Australian theropod fossil record is extremely limited. Triassic and Jurassic theropod body fossils are completely unknown on this continent. Most Australian theropod fossils come from the Early to Late Cretaceous, largely because sedimentary rocks of this age far more productive for fossils in
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What is a dinosaur?
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/what-is-a-dinosaur/The word ‘dinosaur’ means ‘terrible lizard’ in Greek.
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Weet weets
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/weet-weets-general-/Weet weets were designed to be thrown over long distances, and when thrown, would make hopping movements across the ground.
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