Across
- 3. - The study of rocks
- 5. gravity - Desity of mineral/Density of water
- 7. test - Taking acid and dropping it in the minerals
- 9. - Any solid material in which the component atoms are arranged in a definite pattern
- 10. - Least useful property in identifying minerals
- 12. - Formed under the surface of the earth and occurs due to intense heat and pressure
- 13. - The ability of a mineral to resist being scratched
- 14. - A dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
- 16. - Molten rocks found on the earth’s surface
- 17. - Form from particles of sand, shells, pebbles, and other fragments of material
- 19. cycle - The cycle of rock
- 20. - When minerals break unevenly or irregularly
Down
- 1. - The ingredient of rocks
- 2. - Formed when magma cools and hardens
- 4. - How a mineral's surface reflects light
- 6. - Molten rocks found under the earth’s surface
- 8. - The process that turns hardened magma into igneous rock
- 11. - The process when liquid rock freezes into solid rock
- 15. stone - Formed when grains of sand are compacted and cemented together
- 17. - The color of mineral powder
- 18. - The tendency of a mineral to break evenly along its weakest plane
