Make your own rock

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

Would you like to make your own rock? In this set of activities you can simulate the natural processes that form sedimentary rocks in just a few hours, instead of taking millions and millions of years. All the activities can be undertaken using readily available materials. Supervision recommended.

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Field Value
Title Make your own rock
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/890fb71d-0771-40e7-925c-7e9e73cc0ce3
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Make your own rock". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/make-your-own-rock