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Minerals and Fossils Word Search

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This 16-word minerals and fossils word search for Grades 6–8 covers common gemstones and geological terms. Hidden words include pyrite, jasper, geode, and Ordovician, with references to local quarries and fossil sites. Use it as a geology-unit review, a rock-and-mineral warm-up, or a supplemental activity for earth-science classes.

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

Word List

HESSONITE
GEODE
PYRITE
FLUORESCENTS
AURICHALCITE
SIDERITE
JASPER
SELENITE
APOPHYLLITE
STILBITE
MICROPHOSPHATES
ORDOVICIAN
FOSSILS
HATCHQUARRY
REDMONDQUARRY
PLUMEMINE

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