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How do classify minerals according to their hardness geoogist use what?
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Geologist perform a hardness test using their fingernail, a penny, and a paper clip.
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Mohs scale uses what to classify minerals from softest to hardest?
Hardness
4 ways to classify minerals?
Color, lustre, hardness, streak
Mohs scale uses what to classify minerals from 1 to 10?
The Mohs scale uses the hardness of minerals to classify them from 1 to 10. It was named after the German geologist Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs.
Which characteristic is used to identify minerals?
You can test its hardness on other minerals to find it hardness. It can help classify it better.
Who developed a way to classify minerals by their hardness?
The big two are the Rockwell and Mohs Scales.
How do minerals contribute to the hardness of rocks?
Some minerals have varying hardness according to the direction you may scratch
What property of minerals is classified by the Mohs scale?
Relative hardness is the property of minerals that uses the Mohs scale for classification.
A scale used to measure the hardness of rocks?
The Mohs scale is used to determine the relative hardness of minerals.
How do you identify all the properties scientists use to classify minerals?
By there color, hardness, density, luster, streak, plus crystalshare
Did Friedrich Mohs develop a scale which lists minerals according to their hardness?
Yes
Did Frederick Mohs develop a scale which lists minerals according to their hardness?
yes
What are facts for hardness?
hardness define minerals
