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What is harder than rock?
diamond is harder than rock and so are many minerals like silver and nickel rock is actually known as a silicate minerals silica and oxygen quartz is one of the hardest on of the silicate minerals and the most stable
Is diamond harder than rock?
Diamond is a the hardest mineral, so yes. Minerals are what make up rocks.
Why are dark minerals denser than white minerals?
That would mean coal is harder than Quartz schist. Granite is harder than graphite. No foundation for this assumption.
Why is metamorphic rock hard?
because a metamorphic rock is made up of different rocks.
Are harder minerals more useful than softer minerals?
Depends on the useage.
What two minerals are harder than calcite but softer than quartz?
the minerals are fluorite, apatite ,and orthoclase
Is quartz harder than copper?
Based on Moh's Scale of Hardness that identifies minerals, it is. Moh's Scale of HardnessTalcGypsumCalciteFluoriteApatiteOrthoclaseQuartzTopazCorundumDiamondIn this scale, 10 minerals are used as reference. These minerals are arranged from the softest (1) to the hardest (10). thxs
What promotes greater hardness in minerals?
Minerals are what cause water to be hard, tap water in east coast(NJ) is harder than tap water in CA. More minerals=harder water
How are minerals formed from magma and lava?
'fraid not. some minerals form from magma, which is hot, liquid rock material INSIDE Earth's surface. Not on Earth's surface.
Are metallic minerals harder than nonmetallic ones?
thats what she said
Is coal harder or softer than rock?
Coal is considered to be a rock.
Number of minerals in a rock?
A rock can have just one mineral, like marble or gypsum. A rock can also have more than one or many minerals like granite.
