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Mohr's scale of hardness is used for minerals found in the earth. It basically refers to the ability of a harder material to scratch a softer material.
The Mohr's Scale of hardness defines ten standard minerals on a hardness scale with hardness from 1 to 10, 1 being the softest and 10 being the hardest.
The minerals are mentioned below.
1. Talc
2. Gypsum
3. Calcite
4. fluorite
5. apatite
6. Feldspar
7. Quartz
8. Topaz
9. Corrundum
10. Diamond
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It is used in the following manner,
A particular mineral is taken and scratched on the ten minerals mentioned above starting either from the 1 or 10 and based on its ability to produce a scratch on the softer material, its hardness is calculated.
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∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoYou use the Mohs scale of hardness by scratching minerals with other minerals. The mineral that scratches the other one is the harder mineral.
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∙ 13y agoThe mohrs harder things are the better. Like diamonds are mohrs harder than plain dirt.
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