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Thin Sections Collection

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Thin sections of rocks collected during Geoscience Australia mapping programs over many decades. The collection preserves a physical record of samples for future reference by GA, industry and university researchers.

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Field Value
Title Thin Sections Collection
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/fce8d577-fbe1-499b-8390-031b0cb48cda
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.0,
        -89.0
      ],
      [
        160.0,
        -89.0
      ],
      [
        160.0,
        -4.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -4.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -89.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Thin Sections Collection". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/thin-sections-collection