Rocks! Covid-19 Edition

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Across
  1. 8. A stumper on the Intro Geo mineral ID quiz. Commonly confused with amphibole
  2. 9. of Fire, Chain of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
  3. 12. Gentle giant - the star of ice age mammals
  4. 15. Type of volcanic explosion that destroyed Pompeii
  5. 17. Staff, Difficult to measure a stratigraphic section without this
  6. 19. Minerals of economic value
  7. 20. Breaks down entire mountain ranges
  8. 21. Computer program used to virtually assess a field site (heavily used in COVID-19 times)
  9. 23. Your non-geologist friends always want to know if this is a valuable mineral… it’s not
  10. 25. Released into underlying sediment from calving icebergs
  11. 26. Conceals your identity AND protects yourself and others
  12. 27. “Foreign Rock”
  13. 28. Snail-like creature
  14. 31. Steep side of a ripple
  15. 32. Concave-shaped valley, formed by glacial erosion
  16. 33. Natural “tables” found commonly in the SouthWest
  17. 34. Very subjective mineral property - It’s metallic or it’s not
Down
  1. 1. Fine-grained, mafic, igneous rock
  2. 2. Hickenlooper, Colorado’s very own geologist/politician/brewer
  3. 3. Soil horizon
  4. 4. COVID-19 app of the year
  5. 5. Mineral-identifying instrument in Tutt that has been broken the whole year
  6. 6. Spectacular U shaped valley - commonly found in NZ and Iceland
  7. 7. Room, Helps facilitate group discussion on zoom
  8. 10. Hammer, A geologists favorite tool
  9. 11. Less steep side of a ripple
  10. 13. Lake, Created when a meandering river is cut off
  11. 14. Supercontinent
  12. 15. Frozen tundra
  13. 16. Inclined sedimentary strata
  14. 18. Naturally occurring glass
  15. 22. Ute tribe’s name for the 14,115-foot summit that towers over campus
  16. 24. Common term in geomorphology to describe river processes
  17. 29. A geologist’s favorite beverage
  18. 30. Joined it's buddy Curiosity this past February