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Glossary of geoscience terms
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/glossary-geoscience-terms/Geoscience (also known as earth sciences and geology) is the study of the Earth and includes all non-living parts of our environment, and everything below the Earth's surface. Here are some common geoscience terms explained.
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Metamorphic processes
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/metamorphic-processes/Most minerals are only stable at particular temperatures and pressures, so changes in these result in the formation of new minerals.
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Jenolan Caves Minerals
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/mineralogy-collection-jenolan-caves-minerals/The Jenolan Caves are one of the premier tourist attractions of New South Wales. Nine caves are regularly shown to visitors, but several hundred of various sizes are known from the area.
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Geological ore deposits
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/minerals/geological-deposits/geological-ore-deposits/Geological ore deposits are of many different types and occur in all geological environments.
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Building Materials
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/minerals/geological-deposits/building-materials/Perhaps the most important geological deposits are those that we use for building purposes. These come from all geological environments.
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Wave Rock
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/wave-rock/Wave Rock is in the wheat belt region of Western Australia, 350 km south-east of Perth.
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Pyroclastic processes and materials
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/dinosaurs/pyroclastic-processes-and-materials/Pyroclastic means 'fire broken' and is the term for rocks formed from fragments produced by volcanic explosions.
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Crystallography
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/minerals/what-are-minerals/crystallography/Minerals can be identified by the shape of their crystals: called crystallography. External crystallography measures the outside properties of crystals such as length of crystal surfaces and the angles between these surfaces.
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The universe
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/the-universe/The universe can be defined as the whole of existing things from the scale of sub-micron to outer space.
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Lavas
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/lavas/One of the products of volcanic eruptions is lava. Lavas vary widely in composition depending upon their original source magma.
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