Minerals Crossword Halley Carson
Across
- 3. Main ingredient combined with sand to make glass screen
- 5. Sourced from argentine/tetrahedrite
- 6. Used for anodes of batteries because of electric and thermal conductivity
- 10. Used in phone circuitry, speakers, and vibration unit
- 11. A naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline structure
- 12. Used in color screen, phone circuitry, speakers, and vibration unit
- 14. Used in displays/LEDs
- 15. Source of lithium
- 16. Source mineral of tantalum to improve audio quality
- 18. Source of tungsten
- 22. Source of indium/germanium used in conductive coating and display
- 23. Source of rare-earth elements to produce magnets
- 24. Source of copper
- 25. Source mineral for silicon, basis of integrated circuits
- 26. Used in color screen, found in row 5 of the periodic table
- 28. Used in glass polishing, phone circuitry, and speakers
- 29. Used in glass polishing
Down
- 1. Used in the color screen, glass polishing, and phone circuitry
- 2. Used in color screen, found in row 6 of the periodic table
- 4. Mined for aluminum content
- 7. Used in circuitry, capacitors, and plating
- 8. Strengthens glass in the screen
- 9. Used in color screen and speakers
- 13. Primary source of tin for display
- 17. Source of arsenic, used for radiofrequency/power amplifiers
- 19. Used in cathodes of batteries
- 20. Primary source of silver
- 21. Used in color screen, speakers, and vibration unit
- 27. Used in screen's conductive coating