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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
URUMQI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — The Xinjiang Geology and Mineralogy Museum (XGM) in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) officially opened to the public on Tuesday, displaying more than 12,000 exhibits including minerals, rocks and fossilized plants and animals.
The museum's collection covers a variety of fields, including Earth system science, paleontological origins, the evolution of Xinjiang's geology and landscape, and the region's unique geological heritage, the SGMM said.
It is worth noting that SGMM has an intelligent core storage facility, the first automated core storage facility in northwest China, equipped with the world's advanced automated warehouse management system.
Among the exhibits in this museum is a 33-ton iron meteorite discovered in Xinjiang in 1898. It consists mainly of iron and nickel, as well as six types of cosmic minerals.
Another notable exhibit is a natural gold nugget weighing 51.2 grams, shaped like a puppy's head. It was discovered by a farmer in the Altoon Mountains in 1984 and has a fineness of 80 to 85 percent with traces of quartz.
Yu Jianning, deputy director of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's Natural Resources Administration, said the new museum not only serves as a professional platform for displaying Xinjiang's mineral resources and geological achievements, but also as an important platform for popularizing scientific knowledge and international exchanges. -0-
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