This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
This rock is made under heat and pressure
This rock in made on the earths surface .Also layers build up over time.
This rock is formed when lava cools and hardens.
Can be shelly but isn't always .the colors for it are yellow, light gray or dark grey.
A family rich in silicate, magnetism ,and water. the color are usually light to dark green.
particles in this rock are ,clay minerals mixed with tiny grains of quartz eroded from pre-existing rocks
Is formed when fine-grained sedimentary rock is buried and exposed to high pressure deep beneath the Earth's surface.
The earths crust is made up of ______.
This is soft, and white from limestone.
hard sedimentary form of the mineral quartz
The colors for _______ are white, pink, or gray in color, depending on their mineralogycontaining potassium feldspar, plagioclase feldspar, quartz, and biotite and/or amphibole
The colors for this rock is black .Its also an extrusive igneous rock .Its very glossy.
They formed from chemical reactions that combined iron and oxygen in marine and fresh waters. The two most important minerals in these deposits are iron oxides: hematite (Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4)
forms from the accumulation and preservation of plant materials, usually in a swamp environment.
rich in plagioclase feldspar minerals and may contain biotite, pyroxene, or amphibole.
This is a type of igneous rock that is made below the earth surface.
This typr of igneous rock is made when lava cool on the earths suface.
Minerals are arangend in strips or bands.
It is composed primarily of the mineral calcite (CaCO3) and usually contains other minerals, such as clay minerals, micas, quartz, pyrite, iron oxides, and graphite
identified by its bands and lenses of varying composition, while other bands contain granular minerals with an interlocking texture.durable enough to perform well as a dimension stone..