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Metals, minerals, mining and rocks
Click on the links on this page to discover the wealth of useful things found underground.
- Encarta- minerals, mining and rocks
- Encyclopaedia Britannica - gems, metals, minerals, mining, rocks (including glam, punk and grunge)
- How Stuff Works - iron and steel and metals profiles
- InfoPlease - metals, minerals, mining and rocks
- Mines and mining - junior non-fiction, adult non-fiction, minerals, rocks and gems
Albert Chapman Mineral Collection
This online database of mineral specimens from Australia and elsewhere features brief descriptions and stunning photographs of the minerals in this collection.
Census of Minerals in Australia and New Zealand
Discover where minerals are, searching by mineral type or locality.
International Coloured Gemstone Association
This site features a gemstone database, including a guide to birthstones.
Minerology 4 Kids
This site explains what rocks and minerals are and how they are formed.
Minerals Council of Australia
A peak body for mining companies, this site offers the miner's perspective on mining issues as well as good educational resources on Australian minerals, their uses and properties.
Minerals Downunder
From Geoscience Australia comes this site that looks at the mining of gold, copper, iron ore, silver and mineral sands in Australia, including how deposits are found and extracted.
Minerals Gallery
An encyclopedia of minerals, detailing each of the major mineral types found on earth.
Power Works
This is an educational site about the generation ofelectricity in the Latrobe Valley using brown coal, detailing the natural formation of coal in the region and the history of its use.
RocksForKids
This site features information on rocks, including how the different kinds are formed and how to identify them.
WebMineral
This large scientific minerals database lists over 4,300 minerals and explains background information on classifications.
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