Rocks and Mineral Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 15 clues. Answers range from 4 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

The moving of rock and sediments
Rock salt made by the evaporation of sea water
Rock formed by layers of sediment
Rock formed from heat and pressure
Breaking of rock into smaller pieces
Melted rock below the earths surface
Commom name for magma flowing from a volcano
Physician and naturalist that first recognizied that rocks undergo profound changes
The process that creates and changes rock
Mixture of minerals, rock fragments, volcanic glass, organic matter or other natural materials
Loose material such as rock fragments, mineral grains and bits of shell
Holding together of sediment like glue
Naturally occuring, inorganic solid, with definite chemical compositon and an orderly arrangment of atoms
Solid in which atoms are arranged in orderly, repeating patterns
Mineral that contains silicon (S) and oxygen (O)