A behind-the-scenes look at our mineral collectionPhoto Galleries | Updated 7 years ago Five of the largest diamonds from the Argyle pink diamond collection, Kimberley, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Ellendale diamond collection, Kimberley, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Mixed parcel of white, yellow and grey diamonds, including 2 macles (total weight is 6.12 carats), Ellendale diamond mine, Kimberley, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Two carat yellow diamond in sandy lamproite tuff, Ellendale diamond mine, Kimberley, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum A collection of faceted zircons from the Harts Range, Northern Territory, AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum The ‘Queen Victoria’ gold nugget, Kalgoorlie goldfields, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Native silver from the Elizabeth Hill mine, Pilbara, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Native silver wires, Elizabeth Hill mine, Pilbara, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Wulfenite from the Whim Creek mine, Pilbara, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Malachite pseudomorphs after azurite from the Whim Creek mine, Pilbara, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Malachite and pyromorphite from the Whim Creek mine, Pilbara, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Malachite and dolomite from the DeGrussa copper mine, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Dark blue azurite with chrysocolla replacing malachite, DeGrussa copper mine, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Dolomite overgrowing mcguinessite, DeGrussa copper mine, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Native copper, DeGrussa copper mine, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Crystals of galena (combinations of cubic and octahedral forms) with quartz from the Northampton mineral field (specimen is 6 cm long), Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum Azurite and malachite from the Northampton mineral field, Western Australia. Crystals of azurite are up to 7 mm longImage copyright WA Museum Cerussite from the Baddera mine, Northampton, Western Australia Image copyright WA Museum Pyromorphite from the Geraldine mine, Northampton mineral field, Western Australia. Specimen is 7.7 cm longImage copyright WA Museum Chalcocite from the Telfer gold mine, Western AustraliaImage copyright WA Museum The Western Australian Museum mineral collections contain around 30,800 specimens of some 1,300 mineral species from more than 10,000 localities in Australia and the rest of the world. This photo gallery showcases some specimens from this large collection. Further Information To find out more on the Western Australian Museum mineral collection, visit the collection hightlights on the Museum website. The interaction of the atmosphere and ground waters with mineral deposits over time has produced an exotic array of colourful minerals. Learn more about some hotspots for mineral diversity that have been revealed through mining in Western Australia in a talk presented by Dr Peter Downes.