Diamond is the hardest mineral known.
A diamond is harder, less abundant in nature and therefore of greater value.
No. Talc is the softest mineral. It can't scratch anything that is harder that itself. Talc is number 1 on the Mohs scale, a scale of hardness, but diamond is number 10, which means that diamond is very much the harder of the two. You can't even scratch a diamond with a fingernail, hardness of about 2.5, so talc with even less hardness doesn't stand a chance against the mighty diamond! See Related Links below this box for more information about the hardness of talc, diamonds and other materials.
Talc is the mineral with a hardness of 1 on the Mohs scale.
the softest rock is talc and the hardest is a diamond
No......Topaz is an 8 and Talc is a 1....talc is the softest on the scale
The diamond is the hardest substuance on the MHos Scale and Talc is the softest.
talc is the softest substance while daimond is th4e hardest substance on earth
The Moh's scale is defined as: Talc - 1 Gypsum - 2 Calcite - 3 Fluorite - 4 Apatite - 5 Orthoclase feldspar - 6 Quartz - 7 Topaz - 8 Corondum - 9 Diamond - 10 There are some minerals and substances softer then talc, however there is nothing harder then diamond.
The hardness of a mineral is categorized on the Mohs hardness scale with talc as 1 and diamond as 10. A mineral can only be scratched bya mineral that is as hard or harder than the first mineral. So talc can scratch talc but nothing else. A diamond can scratch every other mienral including itself. Cordundum with a hardness of 9 can't scratch diamonds but can scratch a lot of other minderals.
The hardest mineral is diamond, and the softest mineral is talc.
talc is the softest rock in the world while diamond is the hardest rock