Hobart s rock library holds thousands of clues to the mineral riches of the future
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Kevin Robinson says the library is of tremendous value because of the mineral secrets it holds.
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Inside a nondescript shed in a Hobart suburb sit shelves upon shelves of rocks and core samples that could reveal the mineral riches of the future.
Drill core samples reveal which minerals are embedded in rocks deep underground.
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ABC Rural: Tara De Landgrafft)
This library of drill core samples, that would stretch 770 kilometres if placed end to end, and 70,000 rock samples, forms a geological map of Tasmania s mineral landscape.