Rocks! Covid-19 Edition

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Across
  1. 6. Supercontinent
  2. 7. Released into underlying sediment from calving icebergs
  3. 8. Soil horizon
  4. 10. Inclined sedimentary strata
  5. 14. Created when a meandering river is cut off
  6. 16. Chain of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
  7. 21. Conceals your identity AND protects yourself and others
  8. 22. Breaks down entire mountain ranges
  9. 24. Natural “tables” found throughout the SouthWest
  10. 25. Joined it's buddy Curiosity this past February
  11. 26. COVID-19 app of the year
  12. 28. Less steep side of a ripple
  13. 31. Concave-shaped valley, formed by glacial erosion
  14. 34. Very subjective mineral property - It’s metallic or it’s not
  15. 35. Frozen tundra
Down
  1. 1. Type of volcanic explosion that destroyed Pompeii
  2. 2. Ute tribe’s name for the 14,115-foot summit that towers over campus
  3. 3. A stumper on the Intro Geo mineral ID quiz. Commonly confused with amphibole
  4. 4. “Foreign Rock”
  5. 5. Difficult to measure a stratigraphic section without this
  6. 9. Steep side of a ripple
  7. 11. Colorado’s very own geologist/politician/brewer
  8. 12. hammer A geologists favorite tool
  9. 13. Term used in geomorphology to describe river processes
  10. 15. Helps facilitate group discussion on zoom
  11. 17. Computer program used to virtually assess a field site (heavily used in COVID-19 times)
  12. 18. Spectacular U shaped valley - commonly found in NZ and Iceland
  13. 19. Gentle giant - the star of ice age mammals
  14. 20. Mineral of economic value
  15. 23. Fine-grained, mafic, igneous rock
  16. 27. Snail-like creature
  17. 29. Naturally occurring glass
  18. 30. Mineral-identifying instrument in Tutt that has been broken the whole year
  19. 32. Your non-geologist friends always want to know if this is a valuable mineral… it’s not
  20. 33. A geologist’s favorite beverage