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ALT Four fluorite specimens on display. The chemical formula is CaF2 and the crystal system is cubic. 1) Translucent pink octahedron on white calcite. From Chamonix, France. 2) Translucent pink incomplete octahedron from St. Gotthard, Uri, Switzerland. 3) Translucent pink etched octahedron from Göschenen alp, Switzerland. 4) Translucent pink octahedron from Chamonix, France.
ALT A scientist Barbie looks at a fossil algae. Barbie has auburn hair, tied back, and is wearing a white lab coat over a purple dress. The fossil she is looking at has a polished surface revealing curved bands, alternating between a pale pink and a pale yellow-white.
ALT A fossilised calcareous algae. The fossil has a polished surface, revealing the internal structure. It is made from stacks of curved bands, alternating between a pale pink and a yellow-white colour.
ALT Barbie, dressed in a white lab coat peering over a drawer of Small Hawk-moth specimens and pointing at one.
ALT A Barbie scientist (wearing her hair tied back, a purple dress and a lab coat) has her arms raised in excitement to be visiting the scanning electron microscope behind her.
ALT A Barbie doll (brown hair tied back, wearing a white lab coat) peers down a black gemmological microscope.
ALT Three palaeontologist Barbie dolls. Two still on original box.
