Geology, Fossils & Gems

of Western Australia

Did you know there are fossils and gems in Western Australia?  See what similarities and changes have happened to this land and its wildlife and flora.  How is the land formed? What creatures roamed this land?
AJ is a fossil ammonite and he is going to join us on these pages and help us discover the hidden and not so hidden treasures of Western Australia's rocks, fossils and gems.

introducing AJ the ammonite

 

 

What are rocks & how are they formed?
 | Three types of rocks | Metals | Mining | Coal | Quartz |
Biotite | Lamproite |
  Meteorites andTektites |

 

Aj in a rock group

Don't forget to keep coming back for new updates on rocks, fossils and gems of Western Australia.

Pamphlet for the Geological museum of WA

 Some of our information is from the Geological Museum of the University of Western Australia. And we will always let you know the name of any books that we have used. You can visit this great museum and see displays of fossils and gems, visit the 'Eocene Grove' which is a lush garden consisting of plant varieties known to have flourished in Australia some 38 to 55 million years ago. And you can buy booklets about geology, gems, life in ancient Western Australia, and if your teachers want to take the class you can book and learn all sorts of interesting things. And its FREE, no charge for visiting and a small fee applies to classes attending. For more details visit them here

Also visit the Western Australian Museum as they have a large section describing our West Australian rocks, dinosaurs, and gems, and you can book your class here too and learn fascinating facts about our State and Australia." To find out more visit  them here

School children holding a cast of a dinosaur footprint

What these terms mean

 http://www.zoomwhales.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexe.shtml Go here for a glossary

Period

 The period is the basic unit of geological time in which a single type of rock system is formed, lasting tens of millions of years.

 

Era

 Two or more geological periods comprise an Era, which is hundreds of millions of years in duration.

 

Eon

 Two or more geological eras form an eon, which is the largest division of geological time, lasting hundreds of millions of years.

 

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