Mineralogy/Petrology

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Across
  1. 3. the transfer of rock
  2. 8. Rich with elements like quartz.
  3. 10. when rocks form on the surface.
  4. 13. rocks are a class of sedimentary rocks composed primarily of carbonate minerals.
  5. 14. An organic compound
  6. 17. the transprotaton of rock
  7. 18. complex process whereby freshly deposited loose grains of sediment are converted into rock.
  8. 20. rocks with out layering.
  9. 21. When something is hot is creates.
  10. 23. An igneous rock with a chemical composition
  11. 25. The turning of liquid into gas.
  12. 26. the decomposing of a rock or other minerals
  13. 28. the processes that control the abundance composition and distribution.
  14. 30. repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks.
  15. 31. the size of a mineral in a rock
  16. 32. grains of rock broken off other rocks by physical weathering.
Down
  1. 1. the weight of something acting on another.
  2. 2. a boundary which separates one rock body from another.
  3. 4. is a rock formed from angular gravel and boulder-sized clasts cemented together in a matrix.
  4. 5. is a high grade metamorphic rock.
  5. 6. The consistency of liquids
  6. 7. a body of intrusive igneous rock.
  7. 9. is the geological process in which sediments soil and rocks are added to a land form or landmass.
  8. 11. is a fine-grained foliated homogeneous metamorphic rock.
  9. 12. Rocks that from in the earth.
  10. 15. what a thing is called after it merges
  11. 16. rock rich in magnesium and iron.
  12. 19. another name for the chemical compound silicon dioxide.
  13. 22. from rocks under ground.
  14. 24. A type of metamorphism in which the mineralogy and texture of rocks are changed over a wide area by deep burial and heating associated with the large-scale forces of plate tectonics.
  15. 27. When magma reaches the surfaces.
  16. 29. A chemical found in some rocks.