No. Gypsum has a hardness on the Mohs scale of 2. Topaz has a hardness on the Mohs scale of 8. This means that topaz ranks much harder than gypsum and that gypsum cannot scratch topaz. Please do not refer to these numbers as absolute hardness. This does not mean that topaz is 4 times as hard as gypsum since they are ranked 8 and 2. The Mohs scale only designates a hardness scale of 1 through 10 so that geologists and mineralogists in the field have a quick way of determining a mineral's identity or eliminating possible options of what the mineral may be.
No. Feldsper has a hardness of 6 while Topaz has a hardness of 8. Therefore Topaz will scratch Feldsper.
can gypsum scratch flourite
No, but the opposite is true.
No. Gypsum is much softer than quartz.
No.
no
There is no answer to your question, because anything that will scratch quartz will also scratch gypsum.
Between 2 and 3 because its hard enough gypsum but it can not scratch calcite because calcite is harder
fluorite ,tale ,gypsum
talc and gypsum
calcite
gympsum can scratch diamond
No.
no
There is no answer to your question, because anything that will scratch quartz will also scratch gypsum.
Between 2 and 3 because its hard enough gypsum but it can not scratch calcite because calcite is harder
gypsum can
The human fingernail can just scratch gypsum, but is softer than all other minerals.
fluorite ,tale ,gypsum
Gypsum
No, gypsum cannot scratch topaz. Minerals with a higher number on the Moh's Hardness Scale can scratch minerals that are lower-numbered, but lower numbers can't scratch higher numbers. A mineral would have to have a number higher than an 8 on the Moh's hardness scale in order to scratch topaz.
talc and gypsum