Hands on Tauranga offers students stimulating and original learning opportunities with real museum objects that support the New Zealand curriculum at primary and secondary school level.
A collection of 20 minerals in individual sample boxes. The collection includes:
Igneous rocks -obsidian, basalt, rhyolite, andesite
Sulphide minerals -pyrite
Oxide minerals -corundum/ruby, pyrolusite
Hydroxide minerals -limonite
Silicate minerals -rose quartz, white quartz, amethyst, lapis/lazurite, biotite, rhodonite, nephrite/pounamu, shorl/tourmaline, beryl, emerald, topaz
Organic gem -amber
maximum dimension: Collection box 290mm x 220mm
subject area: Science, Social Science, Geology, Technology
subject themes: Earth Science, Rocks, Crystals, Gems, Rock Cycle
handling collection number: HC191
