WELCOME TO THE MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY SECTION OF Museum Victoria
For further information or to comment on this home page contact
Dermot Henry, Collection Curator, email dhenry@museum.vic.gov.au
INTRODUCTION
The Mineralogy and Petrology Section is responsible for the geological collections
(excluding fossil material) of the State of Victoria. The collections were founded in 1854
with the establishment of the National Museum of Victoria.They now consists of the
amalgamation of the States major geological collections, encompassing those of the
National Museum, Industrial and Technological Museum, Geological Survey of Victoria and
the University of Melbourne.
Mineralogy and Petrology Section
Museum of Victoria
PO BOX 666
Melbourne. Victoria. Australia. 3001
Telephone: 61 3 9270 5049
