Across
- 2. Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
- 3. scientist who studies minerals
- 4. The amount of mass in a mineral
- 8. A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
- 10. organic molecule derived from organisms that can help aid/enhance minerals as well
- 12. How a mineral breaks
- 14. Water being pushed out of the spaces between the sediments
- 15. Rock that contains a metal or economically useful mineral
- 16. A rock that forms due to the cooling of magma or lava
- 19. The grains of a mineral left behind
- 21. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
- 22. How a mineral will look visibly (red, blue, green, etc.)
- 23. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
- 25. method of mining used to recover deep mineral deposits by creating tunnels and bringing the ores out
Down
- 1. Minerals solidyfing and holding pieces of rock together
- 5. The study of Earth's history, composition, structure, and all the processes that occur
- 6. The study of minerals (composition, formation, uses, etc)
- 7. The shine of a mineral
- 9. How easily a mineral can be scratched
- 11. any item used as jewelry/ornament when cut and polished
- 13. the process of looking for minerals, metals, and precious stones in river sediments
- 17. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
- 18. The chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface.
- 20. How much light can pass through the mineral
- 24. The extraction of mineral and energy resources near Earth's surface