Sedymentary Rocks

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Across
  1. 3. – Porous sandstone known for flexibility
  2. 5. (rock), also known as Dolostone – Sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite
  3. 6. – Sedimentary rock, mostly of indurated clay particles
  4. 7. – Sandstone with angular grains in a clay-fine matrix
  5. 8. – Water-soluble mineral deposit formed by evaporation from an aqueous solution
  6. 10. – Soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock
  7. 11. – Rock composed of angular fragments
  8. 17. – A sedimentary rock made of a mechanical mixture of sylvite and halite
  9. 18. – Lime-rich mud or mudstone which contains variable amounts of clays and silt
  10. 19. – Hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of cryptocrystalline silica
  11. 21. – Sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of fragments of shells
  12. 22. – Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz
  13. 24. shale – Organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen
  14. 27. – Banded mixture of hematite and quartz
  15. 30. – Form of limestone deposited by mineral springs
  16. 31. – Sedimentary rock which has a grain size in the silt range
  17. 32. – Fine grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds
  18. 34. – Sedimentary rock formed from ooids
  19. 35. – Hard, coarse-grained, siliceous sandstone
  20. 37. – Product of rock weathering in wet tropical climate rich in iron and aluminium
Down
  1. 1. – Sedimentary rock containing large amounts of phosphate minerals – A non-detrital sedimentary rock that contains high amounts of phosphate minerals
  2. 2. – Sedimentary rock composed of smaller rock fragments
  3. 4. – Till which has been indurated or lithified by burial
  4. 7. – Form of opaline silica that is often found around hot springs and geysers
  5. 9. – Type of sandstone containing at least 25% feldspar
  6. 12. – Soft, white, porous sedimentary rock made of calcium carbonate
  7. 13. – Soft, siliceous sedimentary rock that is easily crumbled
  8. 14. – Type of limestone that is composed predominantly of sand-size grains
  9. 15. – Type of sedimentary rock
  10. 16. – Geologic deposit of a turbidity current
  11. 20. – Clastic sedimentary rock composed primarily of clay-sized particles
  12. 23. – Mud-supported carbonate rock that contains greater than 10% grains
  13. 25. – Type of sedimentary rock
  14. 26. – Fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock
  15. 28. – Type of sedimentary rock
  16. 29. iron formation – Distinctive layered units of iron-rich sedimentary rock that are almost always of Precambrian age
  17. 33. – Combustible sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbon
  18. 36. – Porous limestone rock formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of ambient temperature water