Solutions for Volume 1 > Crystal
Solutions for “Crystal”
Content: Crystalline gems and minerals.
Special rules: Drop the -ite suffix from any word that contains it, and then find the rest of the word. Words run in 12 possible directions.
Hints: The 12 directions comprise the 6 paths from an interior letter to its 6 nearest neighbors, plus 6 more paths that pass between the 6 nearest neighbors and reach letters in the second ring around the starting point.
Solutions:
- All words at once
- Remainder
- amblygonite
- amethyst
- analcite
- apatite
- arctite
- axinite
- calcite
- cerussite
- chabazite
- chondrodite
- chrysoberyl
- cordierite
- crocoite
- cryolite
- dolomite
- elbaite
- emerald
- enargite
- enstatite
- epidote
- feldspar
- fluorite
- garnet
- glaucophane
- goethite
- gypsum
- halite
- howlite
- humite
- hyalite
- hypersthene
- inyoite
- jadeite
- kankite
- kernite
- loparite
- melanite
- mesolite
- mohite
- natrolite
- olivine
- onyx
- opal
- parisite
- peridot
- phenakite
- phlogopite
- picromerite
- prehnite
- pyrite
- raspite
- rhodochrosite
- rutile
- sapphire
- teepleite
- thorite
- topaz
- ulexite
- vanadinite
- wardite
- wolframite
By the way: Much of the research for this puzzle was done at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. A gem itself.