Across
- 3. process of deposition of a solid material from a state of suspension or solution in a fluid.
- 5. Rocks that have changed form
- 8. This texture describes a rock that has well-formed crystals visible to the naked eye, called phenocrysts, set in a very fine grained or glassy matrix, called the groundmass
- 9. complex process whereby freshly deposited loose grains of sediment are converted into rock.
- 10. type of rock that is formed from pre-existing rocks
Down
- 1. is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica
- 2. is a geological secondary formation within sedimentary and volcanic rocks.
- 4. The atoms in a mineral are arranged in a systematic and repeating pattern
- 6. rocks that form when hot, molten rocks crystallizes and solidifies
- 7. means that the mineral will have absolutely predictable physical properties including hardness, density, and streak