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Find the rock and mineral vocabulary words in this printable crossword puzzle.i<\/p>\n

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1. <\/B>Yellow sapphire or yellow quartz gem
4. <\/B>Molten rock that issues from volcanoes
5. <\/B>Very hard and very precious stone made of crystalline carbon
7. <\/B>Lustrous gem found within the shells of some molluscs
8. <\/B>Ornament of precious metal often set with stones and worn as an accessory
10. <\/B>Rich green gemstone – May’s birthstone
11. <\/B>Small plane surface on a cut gem
12. <\/B>Transparent deep blue gem
15. <\/B>Deep yellowish green transparent gem (anagram of ‘diopter’)
18. <\/B>(A metamorphic rock (anagram of ‘singes’)
20. <\/B>Gem carved in relief
21. <\/B>January’s birthstone (anagram of ‘argent’)
22. <\/B>Outer part of our planet, composed essentially of crystalline rocks, shares its name with the part of toast eaten least
23. <\/B>This stone, much sought by ancient alchemists, was believed to turn base metals into gold
25. <\/B>Study of the history of the earth as recorded in its rocks

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2. <\/B>Transparent blue, blue-green, or green beryl; March’s birthstone
3. <\/B>Art of cutting gems
4. <\/B>Rock chiefly formed from organic remains (shells, coral)
6. <\/B>June’s birthstone, named for a Russian Emperor
9. <\/B>Small rounded stone worn down by the action of water
13. <\/B>Carving or inscription on rock
14. <\/B>Fibrous mineral that was used for insulation, but which is now removed from buildings as it causes some forms of cancer
15. <\/B>Method of searching for gold
16. <\/B>Famous stone that allowed historians to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics
17. <\/B>Purple or bluish violet quartz used as a jeweler’s stone
19. <\/B>Very hard igneous rock used for making buildings and monuments (anagram of ‘tearing’)
24. <\/B>Precious stone made or red corundum; July’s birthstone and an anagram of ‘bury)
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Interactive Version of this Game<\/a><\/p>\n

Rocks Interactive Crossword Answer Key<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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