Mineralogy Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- halite : rock salt
- metallic : ductile bond
- gypsum : soft sulphate
- anorthite : ca-plagioclase
- galena : pb-sulphide
- scheelite : fluorescent mineral
- zircon : oldest mineral
- talc : softest mineral
- covalent : strong bond
- corundum : hard oxide
- calcite : biomineral in coral reefs
- pentlandite : ni-bearing sulphide
- pyrite : fool's gold
- diamond : hardest mineral
- olivine : mantle silicate
- albite : na-plagioclase
- graphite : low-t carbon polymorph
- sanidine : disordered feldspar
- chalcopyrite : common cu-sulphide
- fayalite : fe-olivine
- coupled : plagioclase substitution
- amethyst : purple quartz
- apatite : biomineral in bones
