Minerals
Across
- 2. Molten minerals solidify on the inside.
- 7. Minerals that break in pieces.
- 8. Rock type that changes into new rocks.
- 10. Tendency of a mineral to break along a plane.
- 14. Rock type that forms when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
- 16. Aggregate of minerals.
- 18. Two or more elements bonded together.
- 19. Measure of the resistance of a mineral to scratching.
- 21. Quality of light reflective from a surface of a mineral.
- 22. Molten minerals solidify on the outside.
- 23. Molten minerals outside the Earth.
Down
- 1. Rock type that is compacted by the weight of overlaying layers or when cemented.
- 3. "Conversing into rock".
- 4. Cool magma arranged into orderly patterns.
- 5. Being worn down by long exposure to the atmosphere.
- 6. Basic building blocks of minerals, the chemical ____
- 9. Molten minerals inside the Earth.
- 11. Negative electrical charged.
- 12. Positive electrical charges.
- 13. Naturally occurring organic solid that possesses a definite chemical structure.
- 15. Comprising more than 3/4 of Earth'scontinetal crust.
- 17. Particles are charged with neither positive nor negative charges.
- 20. Color of the mineral in its powdered form