Afternoon in Perth

We took some friends into Perth recently to visit two places; first was the Department of Industry and Resources and, second, was the Perth Museum.

At the Department of I & R I saw this map of Western Australia showing the "Recent Activity in Minerals" and was very impressed. (click on the photo to enlarge) What a rich state this is!! The legend at the top lists the minerals and in case you aren't familiar with the "Periodic Table of the Elements" as it were, Au is gold, Cu is copper, Ni is nickel. We were surprised at the amount of diamond mines.

Then we made our way to the Perth museum where we found a stunning display of meteorites! One of the best displays of meteorites in the world, in fact. Read here for more information about meteorites.

This is the "Mundrabilla" meteorite that fell about a million years ago and was found on the Nullabor Plain of Western Australia in 1966. The 'tide mark' across the lower part shows how much was showing above ground. It weighs 11.5tonnes.

But, wait, there's more!!