Don't take anything for granite (unless it's an intrusive igneous rock with feldspar, quartz, mica, and amphibole minerals)

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Across
  1. 2. not only does this deliver important cement minerals, but it also helps compact sediment
  2. 6. the rock type formed near water (past or present)
  3. 11. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
  4. 12. the result of heating rock materials to extreme temperatures
  5. 15. small pieces of rock
  6. 16. the process of sediment being glued together
  7. 17. (2 words) the substance that holds sedimentary rocks together
  8. 18. the rock type that can form above OR below ground
Down
  1. 1. the worst type of mint candy to eat (spelled with 1 e and 2 i's)
  2. 3. a black mineral often used in jewelry when it is polished to be quite shiny
  3. 4. molten rock material above the surface
  4. 5. (2 words) everything made of rock: sediment, magma, lava, and all rock types
  5. 6. the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
  6. 7. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
  7. 8. the rock type that almost never has large crystals
  8. 9. the process of rock broken into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
  9. 10. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
  10. 13. a 463 lbs, 28′ 10″ long rock behemoth (a huge or monstrous creature)
  11. 14. the rock type that almost never has fossils