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Rocks from volcanoes (education video)

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Have you ever wondered what lava looks like when it cools down? This short video introduces rocks from volcanoes and their features using some of the samples in the Geoscience Australia Education Centre. Viewers are shown different types of lava rock, bombs, obsidian and pumice. The video is suitable for middle primary and older students as well as a general audience; it introduces some technical terms and uses samples available for school students to handle during visits to the Centre.

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Title Rocks from volcanoes (education video)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4b0dff14-8c85-452a-9314-8af5a5fb32cf
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Rocks from volcanoes (education video)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/rocks-from-volcanoes-education-video