This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 16 clues. Answers range from 6 to 19 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A natural occurring ,inorganic solid that has a crystal structures and definite chemical compostion.
The way a mineral reflects light.
The total 3D arrangement of particles of a crystal.
The elements that make up a substance
The splitting of a mineral along smooth flat surface.
The way a mineral along smooth,flat surfaces
The services of process that change one type of rock into another type of rock.
Rocks that under go a physical change due to extreme heat and pressure
A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
Rock that forms from magma cools slowly below earths surface
Fine grain igneous rock that forms when magma cools quickly at or near earths surface
describing metamorphic rock with parallel bands
Rock Formula from erosion deposition,compaction or ceumetation on which sometimes results in layers.
Rock formed from the mains of plant and animals deposits
not formed from living things or the remains of living things ;minerals
a type of metamorphic rock with out parallel bands