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Mineral identification crossword with properties like hardness, cleavage, and luster.
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Mineral Crossword Puzzle

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This 15-clue crossword focuses on mineral identification using physical properties. Clues describe color, streak, cleavage, crystal form, hardness, and luster for minerals like quartz, pyrite, gypsum, and corundum. Use it as a classroom review for earth science or geology students, or as homework reinforcement for a mineral-properties unit.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Geology
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated December 2020

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