Exploring Minerals and Crystals: Teacher Notes and Activities

Explore important concepts about minerals and crystals using this comprehensive teaching resource. Includes sections on identifying minerals, significant minerals and gem resources in Australia and the uses of crystals. This 101 page colour booklet is suitable for use by Year 8 Science teachers, but sections could also be used in a primary setting such as crystal shape models. Extension material appropriate for senior Earth and Environmental Science classes. Student activities include suggested answers.

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2014-01-01T00:00:00
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2014-01-01
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Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/79032

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Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2014.055

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Geoscience Australia

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Geoscience Australia

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2014/055

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Iffland, D.

 Office of the Chief Scts Internal Contact
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  • Geoscientific information
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2014

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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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English
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Download the Record (pdf – 21.4MB)

Download the Record (pdf – 21.4MB)

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Download the Record (docx – 90.6MB)

Download the Record (docx – 90.6MB)

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Download the Mineral ID Flowchart (jpg – 668kb)

Download the Mineral ID Flowchart (jpg – 668kb)

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Download the Crystallisation - student activity (pdf – 180kb)

Download the Crystallisation - student activity (pdf – 180kb)

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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

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eCatId/79032

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https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f229fa01-fc38-4885-e044-00144fdd4fa6

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Date info (Creation)
2025-05-08T01:51:02.397Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-05-08T01:53:03.87Z
Date info (Creation)
2014-02-12T00:00:00

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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

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ISO 19115-1:2014

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ISO 19115-3

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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

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Version 2.0, September 2018

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https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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