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Mineral and Fossil Collection Word Search

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This 14-word geology word search covers mineral identification and fossil preservation for middle school students. Hidden words include trilobite, wollastonite, apatite, and crinoid, along with collection tasks like sorting, labeling, and mounting. Use it during a rocks-and-minerals or paleontology unit, as a lab-class review, or as a template for other specimen-based activities.

Subject:: Science
Topic:: Geology
Grade Level:: 6th – 8th Grades
Updated March 2017

Word List

SORTING
CLEANING
TRIMMING
STORING
MOUNTING
LABELING
CONCRETION
WOLLASTONITE
TREMOLITE
APATITE
RHODONITE
CRINOID
BRACHIOPOD
TRILOBITE

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