Minerals

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Across
  1. 2. the number of mineral groups
  2. 5. Naturally occurring, inorganic, solid
  3. 7. The core which is a solid
  4. 8. the element that sulfides and sulfates contain
  5. 12. plate boundary where the plates move towards one another
  6. 14. the softest mineral
  7. 17. The number of major lithospheric plates
  8. 20. The plastic portion of the crust and mantle
  9. 22. An igneous rock commonly found in oceanic crust
  10. 24. contain carbon and oxygen
  11. 25. the most abundant crystal system
  12. 27. the most abundant element in the earth’s crust
  13. 29. nonmetals located in group 7 of the periodic table
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  1. 1. The hardest mineral
  2. 3. Never alive or a product of a living thing
  3. 4. An igneous rock common on the continents
  4. 6. A member of the carbonate mineral group
  5. 9. plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
  6. 10. the part of the earth which contains the plates
  7. 11. contain an element and a halogen
  8. 13. the layer of the earth that is the largest
  9. 15. halite crystal system
  10. 16. quartz crystal system
  11. 18. The mineral name for table salt
  12. 19. the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust
  13. 21. The core which is a liquid
  14. 23. hematite is in this mineral group
  15. 26. plate boundary where the plates move past one another
  16. 28. a native element