Fact pages about the use, properties, value and formation of precious metals and minerals in Australia, including gold, copper, silver, mineral sands and iron.
URL: http://www.ga.gov.au/minerals/education/minerals_index.jsp [metadata]Overview of the Australian minerals and mining industry, including its history and resources as well as an interactive map and factsheets on minerals.. Can you dig it?
URL: http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/ [metadata]Contents include information on minerals, how to identify minerals, build a collection, grow crystals and images and games.
URL: http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/ [metadata]Discover How Rocks Are Formed! View animations that will show you how the three different kinds of rocks, sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic are formed.
URL: http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html [metadata]MCA's secondary education page contains classroom resources including free downloadable PC programmes, metal factsheets Use a virtual metal detector in Metal Matters, see Australia evolve in Rock back in Time and visit Pangaea in Palaeotraveller.
URL: http://www.minerals.org.au/education/secondary [metadata]Federal Government site with information about all areas of Australian geology. Includes factsheets and maps on land use and minerals, resources on Geophysical imaging, minerals exploration and science.
URL: http://www.ga.gov.au/minerals/index.jsp [metadata]Information on the minerals, coal and petroleum exploration, prospecting, mining and processing industries in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
URL: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals [metadata]Info on the Australian minerals industry and people with mineral facts, interactive periodic table, industry facts, mining and processing of minerals and using minerals.
URL: http://www.mininghall.com/ [metadata]