Rocks & Properties

1. - as in a speck of dirt
3. - large, you could get your arms around it or a bit smaller but it is usually jagged,
4. off a bigger piece of rock
5. is the intrusive equivalent of rhyolite but has a coarser texture.
8. - the look of metals
9. - the look of grease
11. some rocks reflect light like a mirror
15. rock - round rocks that are along the edge & at the bottom of fast-flowing rivers
16. - large, taller than a person
18. a description of the way a mineral surface looks when light reflects off of the surface.
19. - the look of silk, similar to fibrous but more compact
20. - tiny, like a grain of rice or smaller, often found on a beach dust - really fine powder that is mixed in with sand or soil
21. -how the rock feels when you touch it
23. - made up of tiny pieces of rock, grains of sand

1. - medium, you could hold it in two hands
2. gravel in a matrix of sand, clay, and natural cementing agents
6. sedimentary rocks have layers as do some metamorphic rocks
7. - huge, giant hunk of rock that is still attached to the earth's crust, doesn't move, tall
10. - look of glass
12. - the look of fibers
13. - small, you can hold it with two fingers, could get stuck in your shoe, usually rounded
14. some rocks are dark, others are light
17. - just a non-reflective surface of any kind
22. - the look of dirt or dried mud