The word list prints with the puzzle; the answer key prints on its own page.
Sixteen rocks and gems are buried in this hard grid, from plain granite to a glinting sapphire. The hard tier hides words in all eight directions on a sixteen-by-sixteen board, and limestone and sandstone differ by just a few letters — check every stone twice before you polish it off.
| N | T | E | N | R | A | G | M | J | G | A | H | E | P | T | M |
| N | L | L | F | O | S | S | A | P | P | H | I | R | E | S | A |
| O | W | A | R | T | A | M | E | D | M | S | T | C | H | O | S |
| P | F | M | C | B | E | O | T | Y | Q | O | U | R | H | A | E |
| E | S | O | N | T | Q | A | B | I | I | S | R | T | T | A | R |
| T | E | S | H | N | E | O | O | S | L | T | Q | F | R | L | R |
| N | E | Y | A | N | N | M | F | I | I | C | U | E | E | E | S |
| M | S | E | R | O | E | E | R | E | M | D | O | L | T | I | B |
| T | E | E | H | N | E | L | N | E | E | T | I | S | Y | L | A |
| Z | D | M | E | Q | A | R | G | O | S | M | S | A | D | P | S |
| R | E | A | A | L | O | J | R | L | T | M | E | L | N | Q | A |
| E | I | R | T | T | D | L | A | P | O | S | A | N | U | A | L |
| D | E | B | L | L | T | T | N | D | N | R | D | A | E | N | T |
| I | I | L | S | R | E | C | I | T | E | E | R | N | A | I | L |
| A | P | E | T | T | P | S | T | M | T | T | O | P | A | Z | X |
| A | I | T | L | E | T | I | E | E | Z | O | E | L | T | S | S |
| N | T | E | N | R | A | G | M | J | G | A | H | E | P | T | M |
| N | L | L | F | O | S | S | A | P | P | H | I | R | E | S | A |
| O | W | A | R | T | A | M | E | D | M | S | T | C | H | O | S |
| P | F | M | C | B | E | O | T | Y | Q | O | U | R | H | A | E |
| E | S | O | N | T | Q | A | B | I | I | S | R | T | T | A | R |
| T | E | S | H | N | E | O | O | S | L | T | Q | F | R | L | R |
| N | E | Y | A | N | N | M | F | I | I | C | U | E | E | E | S |
| M | S | E | R | O | E | E | R | E | M | D | O | L | T | I | B |
| T | E | E | H | N | E | L | N | E | E | T | I | S | Y | L | A |
| Z | D | M | E | Q | A | R | G | O | S | M | S | A | D | P | S |
| R | E | A | A | L | O | J | R | L | T | M | E | L | N | Q | A |
| E | I | R | T | T | D | L | A | P | O | S | A | N | U | A | L |
| D | E | B | L | L | T | T | N | D | N | R | D | A | E | N | T |
| I | I | L | S | R | E | C | I | T | E | E | R | N | A | I | L |
| A | P | E | T | T | P | S | T | M | T | T | O | P | A | Z | X |
| A | I | T | L | E | T | I | E | E | Z | O | E | L | T | S | S |