Mineral and Meteorite Specimen Collection

Authors / CoAuthors

Laurie, J.R.

Abstract

Collection of mineral and meteorite specimens derived from Geoscience Australia (GA) surveys, donations, purchases and bequests, some of which are held for Australian National Museum. Sample are displayed in GA foyer, National Museum of Australia, Miners Hall of Fame in Kalgoorlie, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET) and Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) and in several other organisations. Co-located is a teaching set of rocks and minerals used by the education centre, the 'Crown Jewels' large ore/rock specimens, off-cuts from building stone used in the construction of Parliament House, and presentation boxes of rock or mineral specimens given to GA staff in Australia and overseas.

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

74516

Contact for the resource

Custodian

MNHD

Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

Keywords

Resource

( Theme )

geoscience

( Theme )

minerals

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Earth Sciences

( Theme )

DC2020

Published_Internal

HVC_144615

Publication Date

1996-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Access - license

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

biannually

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

Prior to 1996 the collection was in the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (BMR) museum. BMR morphed into the Australian Geological Survey Organisation. Changing into an agency called Geoscience Australia. Some specimens were bequeathed to the Nation and are managed by Geoscience Australia .Show type collections were bought in the 1960's and 1970's. The current purpose of the mineral and meteorite specimen collection is for public display, teaching and research. Specimens of asbestos samples are bagged. Radioactive samples are in a protective environment in isotope store. Specimens generally have a mineral name/locality/state/province and evaluations from 30 years ago. Key Clients: Industry, Government, Internal Geoscience Australia and Academic Research.

Parent Information

Extents

[-90.0, 90.0, -180.0, 180.0]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

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