Rock Vocab Crossword

made of one or more minerals that have been cemented, squeezed and heated , or cooled and melted together.
the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or substance
formed through the cooling and solidification of magma and lava
form when magma reaches the Earth's surface and cools quickly
formed when magma is forced into older rocks below the Earth's crust
type of rock formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment
made of pieces of pre-existing rocks
rock formed by precipitation of minerals from water
rocks formed from organic processes that involve living organisms producing the sediments
rocks changed by intense heat or pressure while forming
how rocks of one kind change into rocks of another kind
matter than settles to the bottom of a liquid
change in the constitution or make up of rock
the act or process of crystallizing
a solid natural compound that occurs naturally in pure form
natural, inorganic, solid, definite chemical composition, crystalline structure
the color a mineral displays in finely powdered form
the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral
the tendency of a mineral to break along smooth planes
any separation in a geologic formation
the resistance of a mineral to scratching
composed of silicon, oxygen, and at least one metal
elements that occur in nature
a salt of carbonic acid
a chemical compound in which one of the elements is halogen
a chemical compound that contains at least one oxygen atom
a chemical compound that contains phosphorus
a salt that forms when sulfuric acid reacts with another chemical
a binary compound of sulfur with another element or group
first step when studying minerals is to divide them into ________ _________.