Bowen-Lite
Volume 51, Issue 12
December, 2013
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“Rocks and Minerals”
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2
PAR ON ERI
3
4
7
5
8
RAT
EXPLO
10
N
VATIO
SER
12
C
ON
ION
9
11
6
13
14
by Jennifer Davis ©2013
MINCLUES
ERALS
Across
RIMH
1 the mineral which can be the gemstone ruby
7 state mineral of RI
8 green, often associated with azurite
9 fools gold
10 the hardest mineral
11 tastes salty
13 calcium carbonate
14 pencil “lead”
2 magnetic mineral
3 the most common mineral to be found in geodes
4 forms in flaky books with 1 perfect cleavage plane
5 the most common mineral in the earths crust
6 gave its name to the phenomenon of fluorescence
7 varieties include: aquamarine, emerald, heliodor,
and morganite
12 the softest mineral
ANSWERS - Across: 1 corundum, 7 bowenite, 8 malachite, 9 pyrite. 10 diamond, 11 halite, 13 calcite, 14 graphite
Down: 2 magnetite, 3 quartz, 4 mica, 5 feldspar, 6 fluorite, 7 beryl, 12 talc
Down
SPECIAL
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