This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 11 clues. Answers range from 5 to 14 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Which mineral precipitates from oceans and forms rock salt?
Most rocks that form from fragmental rock particles are classified as
This rock is most likely to contain fossils
This rock is made up of angular fragments of rock held together by a natural cement
This feature is characteristic of sedimentary rocks
This rock has sediments that are 0.006 cm in size that were compacted and cemented together
This rock is only formed by regional metamorphism
This rock is foliated, shows mineral alignment but not banding, and contains medium-sized grains of quartz and pyroxene
This is a nonfoliated rock that forms only in a zone of contact metamorphism
This igneous rock is dark colored, cooled rapidly on the surface, and is composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar, olivine, and pyroxene
This process is necessary for the formation of igneous rocks