Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Pachyornis elephantopus
Fragment of moa pelvic girdle, contains dried soils in spaces between spongy bone matrix exposed at edges.
Dinornis robustus
Large moa tibiotarsus bone, the surface is smooth white and brown.
Pyrite, Hand sample
Large sample of pyrite with rocks embedded in quartz sand matrix, and three small square-ish oxidized rocks.
Magnetite, Hand sample
Five polyhedral black semi-polished magnetite rock samples.
Biotite, Hand sample
Sample of biotite mica with corundum (rubies), and with white quartz present.
Ventifact, Rock
Three smooth dark grey ventifacts.
Calcite, Rock
Small cone shaped calcite rock sample.
Sample of grey, white, blue and tan biotite, with some quartz. The darker inner surface is exposed.
Stibnite, Hand sample
Stibnite sample with small irregular amalgamated rectangular crystals.
Biotite, Rock
Hexagonal sample of biotite mica.
garnet, Hand sample
Small sample of grossular garnet. Heavy polished pale green rock with brown speckles.
Stichtite, Hand sample
Slab of lilac, white, blue, and dark grey coloured rock, cut and polished on two sides. One face is entirely lilac coloured.
