Allie Blain

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Across
  1. 3. the process by which dissolved minerals crystalize and glue particles of sediment together in one mass
  2. 7. a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again
  3. 8. the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight
  4. 11. a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
  5. 12. a minerals ability to split easily along flat surfaces
  6. 13. a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
  7. 14. sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystalize from a solution
  8. 17. small solid pieces of material that come from rock or the remains of organisms; Earth materials deposited by erosion.
  9. 20. igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface
  10. 21. not formed from living things or the remains of living things
  11. 22. the look and feel of a rocks surface determined by the size, shape and pattern of a rocks grain
  12. 23. the way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way
  13. 24. sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure
  14. 26. a narrow deposit of a mineral that is sharply different from the surrounding rock
Down
  1. 1. a naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  2. 2. process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
  3. 4. sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers
  4. 5. the ways a mineral reflects light from it's surface
  5. 6. the process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure
  6. 9. a scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest used in testing the hardness of minerals
  7. 10. a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure or chemical reactions
  8. 15. igneous rocks that forms lava on Earth's surface
  9. 16. the particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock it texture
  10. 17. a mixture containing a solvent and at least one solute that has the same properties throughout; a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another
  11. 18. term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands
  12. 19. a hollow rock inside which mineral crystals have grown
  13. 25. the color of a minerals powder