fe72a51c-def3-4229-b58c-cf9fef5d30ba urn:uuid en UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-25T15:39:35 creation ISO 19115 2016 South Australian Museum Minerals Collection fe72a51c-def3-4229-b58c-cf9fef5d30ba This collection includes approximately 33000 registered mineral specimens representing the range of minerals found in South Australia. More than 1500 species are represented, providing good coverage of the species and localities from across South Australia. The museum holds significant collections such as the Francis Collection, a comprehensive collection of the minerals of the Precambrian iron formations of the Middleback Ranges, quartz crystals from Mount Lofty Ranges White Rock Quarry, the Hall and Dunstan Collections, including secondary minerals of Broken Hill, and the O’Neill Collection, representing the Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium deposit. The collection includes specimens from historically significant copper mines in Burra, Moonta and Wallaroo, and from South Australian opal fields. The data includes information about mineral species, varieties, localities from which specimens were collected and information about their acquisition. The South Australian Museum manages this dataset using the KE EMu collection management system. The full dataset is published on data.sa.gov.au as a .csv file. SA0062407: South Australia 135.866666 135.866666 -29.383333 -29.383333 environment geology history mineralogy minerals nature resources science South Australian Museum Minerals Collection documentDigital This collection includes approximately 33000 registered mineral specimens representing the range of minerals found in South Australia. More than 1500 species are represented, providing good coverage of the species and localities from across South Australia. CSV SA Museum MInerals Collection - Metadata documentDigital This collection includes approximately 33000 registered mineral specimens representing the range of minerals found in South Australia. More than 1500 species are represented, providing good coverage of the species and localities from across South Australia. DOC Information about minerals at the South Australian Museum documentDigital Information about minerals at the South Australian Museum. HTML