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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.

Mineralogy Cards are index cards historically utilised by the collection staff to keep information of their specimens. These cards include important information such as the Mineral Name, Mineral Composition, Crystal System, and Locations; where collected, and where in the collection.

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.