Morija Museum & Archives |
Published on August 23rd, 2012
Please find Morija Museum objects marked with / as "Natural Sciences" Object Type
Quartz
Large clear or white quartz crystals (mahakoe in Sesotho) are commonly found in seams in the basalt formations in the mountains of Lesotho. Quartz, whether …
These plant fossils (pteridosperms) are from a mudstone in the Molteno formation from Morija Mountain above the old Basutoland Training College in Morija.
They were collected …
Petrified wood from Thaba-Ts’oeu in Mohale’s Hoek District. Ancient trees, like bones, can become hard like stone if mineral salts found in water gradually infiltrate …
A geode is usually rough and without any external features of note. Inside, however, large and beautiful crystals of various colours will be found. These …
Femur (thigh bone) of a Prosauropod dinosaur, excavated at Maphutseng, Mohale’s Hoek District. It is one of hundreds of fossilised bones unearthed by Francois Ellenberger …
