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- 1. Small bits of rock that can be compressed to form sedimentary rocks.
- 3. A mineral classification property involving how well light travels through it.
- 4. A sedimentary rock made of compressed sand.
- 6. A metamorphic rock that's parent rock is limestone.
- 7. These are a kind of igneous rock formed by magma.
- 9. Layers or bands shown in sedimentary rocks.
- 10. This is a kind of molten rock that cools slowly under the earth's surface.
- 11. A mineral classification test involving whether a mineral is dull or glassy.
- 12. The most common type of igneous rock.
- 15. A mineral classification property that involves rubbing rocks together to see which one can scratch the other.
- 16. - A mineral classification test involving which lines along a mineral it may split.
- 17. This is a kind of molten rock that reaches the earth's surface during a volcanic eruption.
- 18. Natural substances that are the building-blocks of rocks.
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- 2. This type of rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of molten rocks.
- 5. This is a kind of igneous rock formed by lava.
- 6. This type of rock is formed by high pressure and extreme heat acting upon igneous and sedimentary rocks.
- 8. Minerals that are prized for their beauty e.g. Diamonds.
- 13. A mineral classification property that involves seeing what colour trail a mineral leaves behind.
- 14. This type of rock is formed by the pressing together and compaction of sediments under intense pressure.