Across
- 4. A volcano’s favourite piece of decor
- 6. chatty dude
- 7. The high fashion rock
- 9. Like granite, but with commitment issues
- 10. Moves as fast as your fingernail grows (might not be true it is in a bjork lyric)
- 11. Sedimentary rocks formed from fragments of other rocks
- 12. Lava's introverted cousin
- 13. Floats on water because even rocks need a break sometimes.
- 14. Common igneous rock found in oceanic crust that you are endeared to
- 15. rocks with a do not disturb sign and a very tidy room
- 19. Any statement that sounds like it could be true, but isn't
- 20. slayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyT
- 21. Hardest-working rock in showbiz
- 23. has been making mornings rock for over 50 years! Gluten-free!
- 24. commonly found in metamorphosed magnesium-rich rocks and occurs in amphibolites. Usually it coexists with hornblende or actinolite, magnesium clinochlore chlorite, talc, serpentine-antigorite minerals or metamorphic pyroxene
- 29. famous Hawaiian volcano
- 30. A geologist taking the blame
- 31. What a lazy tectonic plate does
- 33. you can touch this as well as items that came across on the Mayflower. The fee is only $12 per person but does offer discounts for students and senior citizens.
- 35. Earth and tiramisu (while the latter has tastier ones) structural components
- 38. A mineral with clear intentions.
- 39. Planet Drool needs this co-hero
- 40. Born from fire, like the rock version of a dragon.
- 41. Call me ‘attractive.
- 42. You are
- 43. briefly discontinued in the mid-1980s due to a false rumor about exploding stomachs
- 45. If you soak a raisin in grape juice, it turns into a grape
- 50. one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music
Down
- 1. salty but solid — like a geologist before coffee
- 2. Sandstone after a glow-up in a pressure cooker
- 3. simbas birthplace
- 5. Where rockghosts may be found
- 8. excellent cleavage
- 16. Nature's slow-motion rock-eating contest.
- 17. Anhedonic donkey that contains valuable metals
- 18. A creature's last appearance
- 20. You could say it's a rock that really grains on you
- 22. No cleavage
- 24. A soft limestone that used to be ocean goo — now it teaches math.
- 25. The fancy countertop that started as molten chaos.
- 26. scratch me, bend me, melt me — but I’m still on the Mohs scale
- 27. It's this one thing (made up of many loose little things) that got me trippin
- 28. tectonic plates that disagree
- 32. You’ll get this if you mess with a volcano
- 34. flashy, flaky, and love to sparkle. a diva of minerals.
- 36. brand of American lager beer
- 37. Geologist’s favorite romantic comedy
- 38. a rock that is "outstanding of its kind"
- 44. Favorite drink of geologists
- 46. pyroclastic rock that’s like volcanic confetti
- 47. Built layer by layer, kind of like your favorite lasagna.
- 48. Limestone that got a high-pressure makeover.
- 49. Your abs