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From a relatively modest toolkit of chemical elements, an amazing range of minerals with different crystal shapes, colours and properties can be found. Join Museum Collections Manager, Dr Duncan Murdock, to hear about the what the geometry of crystals can reveal about the rocks and minerals they’re contained in.
Dr Duncan Murdock is a Collections Manager in Earth Collections, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Museum’s mineralogy and petrology collections, and parts of the invertebrate palaeontology collections.
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Your generous donations help to keep our public programmes running. Donate to the Museum: oxgive.info/3gObNNl
From a relatively modest toolkit of chemical elements, an amazing range of minerals with different crystal shapes, colours and properties can be found. Join Museum Collections Manager, Dr Duncan Murdock, to hear about the what the geometry of crystals can reveal about the rocks and minerals they’re contained in.
Dr Duncan Murdock is a Collections Manager in Earth Collections, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Museum’s mineralogy and petrology collections, and parts of the invertebrate palaeontology collections.
Visit our website: https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk
Your generous donations help to keep our public programmes running. Donate to the Museum: oxgive.info/3gObNNl
