Minerals and Rocks Crossword

a type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressure
Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water (rivers, lakes, and oceans), ice ( glaciers ), and wind
Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials on or beneath Earth's surface
a naturally occurring inorganic substance (see inorganic molecules) with a definite chemical composition and a regular internal structure
a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids
a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids
elements that are shiny, conduct heat and electricity, can be stretched into wires and bent into different shapes
the way a mineral reflects light from its surface
The color of the powder left when a mineral is rubbed against a hard rough surface
The process by which natural forces break down rocks and minerals
The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
Solid materials such as rock fragments, plant and animal remains, or minerals that are carried by water, wind, ice, gravity, or some other natural force and settle in a new location (bottom of a body of water or at the foot of hills and mountains)
process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
Molten rock beneath the planet's surface
Molten rock that reaches a planet's surface through a volcano or other opening in the crust
physical property of some minerals that causes them to break along smooth, flat surfaces
the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight
The process by which dissolved minerals crystalize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.
a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments