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Address:
School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Contact:
Neville Hudson (Collections Manager)
n.hudson@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 x 87431
Links:
Geological Collections, School of Environment
University of Auckland
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Description:
Paleontology Collection - 500,000 and 1,000,000 macrofossil and a similar number of microfossil specimens. Significant components are - Quaternary bird bones; Triassic-Jurassic invertebrate fossils from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, South East Asia and Antarctica; northern North Island Neogene fossils, South Island Cenozoic fossils, reference collections and a biological types collection.
Petrology collection contains c. 65,000 catalogued lithologic samples and their associated thinsections, analytical powders, SEM stubs etc. Significant components are lithologic samples of North Island sedimentary, metamorphic and volcanic rocks; from New Zealand’s offshore islands; metamorphic and ultramafic rocks from New Caledonia; rocks from New Guinea and irreplaceable samples from the Coromandel Goldfield.
Mineral Collection - contains c. 8,000 specimens from New Zealand and overseas.
Speleothem Collection – c. 500-1000 stalactite & stalagmite specimens from New Zealand caves.
Geothermal Collection – c. 8000 surface samples, cores and drill cuttings from New Zealand and overseas. Includes cores/cuttings from wells drilled between 1955 & 1965 in many of New Zealand’s world famous geothermal fields, many from fields now completely protected from further drilling.
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