
Abalone shell
Abalone has a beautiful iridescence when polished, so has been used by people for many decorative purposes, including fish hooks you can see in the Heroes and Villains showcase in the Explorers and Collectors room.
Reference: L639
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Atacamite
Atacamite is an unusual and attractive mineral. It forms in arid climates where copper minerals are exposed to oxidation- the Atacama Dessert in Chile, after which the mineral was named, is one of the driest places in the world.
Reference: CANCM:D4.A.156
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage


Barite
Barite is a common mineral whose name derives from Greek and translates as ‘heavy’. Among one of its most useful functions is to block x-ray emissions and it therefore features in hospital and laboratory buildings as well as power plants.
Reference: CANCM:2004.242
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Blue Fossil Sharks Teeth from Beltinge, Herne Bay
Fossil shark’s teeth come in a variety of colours due to the different mineral compositions of the rocks they are found in. Look for the black and white and teeth in the rest of the display.
Reference: 2002.168
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Blue John
Takes its name from the French for this rock, Bleu jaune (blue yellow).
Reference: D3.A.45
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Blue rollers
Reference: 1984.9
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Breccia
Cut and polished breccia with translucent blue clasts.
Reference: 2009.325
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Cock of the rock
Reference: CANCM:nn
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Female Quetzal
Vivid green and an orangey-yellow. The Male quetzal can be seen displaying to the female above.
Reference: 1999.181
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Fluorite
Glows purple under ultraviolet light.
Reference: 2006.62
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Fuschite
Reference: CANCM:2005.174
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Jade pendants
Reference: CANCM:2044/2046/2047
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage

Jadeite
An attractive mineral often used for carving decorative objects. Look out for the jade adze in the Explorers and Collectors room.
Reference: 2011.9
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage



Jadeite
An attractive mineral often used for carving decorative objects. Look out for the jade adze in the Explorers and Collectors room.
Reference: 2011.9
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage



Malachite
A secondary mineral of copper, malachite was used as a green pigment by artists.
Reference: 2003.373
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage



Malachite
A secondary mineral of copper, malachite was used as a green pigment by artists.
Reference: 2003.373
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage


Olive green obsidian
Obsidian is formed from rapidly cooled volcanic lavas with high silica, thrust to the earth’s surface in the latter stages of a volcanic eruption.
Reference: 2004.285
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage


Olivine
Green like an olive, olivine comes from deep within the earth’s crust and is normally brought to the surface by volcanoes.
Reference: D4.B403-4
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage


Olivinite
Reference: CANCM:D4.B.582
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage


Pyromorphite
Bright green crystals of a lead ore mineral that sometimes occurs in sufficient quantity to be mined
Reference: CANCM:nn
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage


Toucan
Reference: CANCM:nn
Can be found: Colour and Camouflage