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The Australian Museum Mineralogy and Petrology collection consists of over 81,000 registered specimens. The Mineral collection has a taxonomic coverage of 1,545 mineral species. About 35 percent of the collection is from NSW, 25 percent from other Australian states and Antarctica, and 40 percent from overseas.

These Rock Cards are mainly Petrology-related, and the cards use a format with headings where additional information is expected. Many of the cards here may not have information in every field though. These offer a more complete identification than the simpler, tabulated format, in particular the collection method, any related literature and historical registration numbers.

This expedition is part of the Australian Museum's Collection Enhancement Project (CEP). The CEP will result in new levels of access to the AM’s diverse collections, making digital images and meta data easily accessible to First Nations communities, scientists, researchers, students and individuals from Australia and abroad.