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What is a mineral that is rare and can be cut and poished?
Diamond
Is as gem a rare mineral such as a diamond that can be cut and polished?
Yes.
Is there a stronger mineral than diamond?
Yes, there are a few minerals that are stronger than diamond. Wurtzite boron nitride and lonsdaleite are both harder than diamond on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. However, these minerals are very rare and not commonly found in nature.
What is the name of a blue variety of a rare mineral used as a gemstone?
The blue variety of a rare mineral used as a gemstone is called blue diamond. Blue diamonds are highly sought after for their rarity and unique color.
Is the hope diamond a rock or mineral?
All diamonds are minerals, and most all diamonds are rocks in their raw form: exceptionally hard, clear rocks.
Which mineral is the most rare and beautiful?
Well the mineral Tanzanite, a the blue/purple variety of the mineral zoisite, discovered in the Meralani (Merelani) Hills of Northern Tanzania in 1967, is very beautiful and as it is ONLY found in this one place (and the deposit is running out), it could be regarded as the most rare gemstone mineral.However, you could argue that the blue 'Hope' diamond or a large pink diamond is the rarest and most beautiful mineral.
What mineral can only be scratched by one mineral?
Diamond is the hardest mineral and can only be scratched by another diamond.
What mineral can only be scratched by diamond?
The mineral that can only be scratched by diamond is diamond itself. Diamond is the hardest known natural mineral, scoring 10 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Mineral X is scratched by a diamond. Mineral X .?
Mineral X could be anything. Diamond is the hardest mineral (10 on Mohs' scale) and can scratch all other minerals including another diamond.
What mineral cannot be scratched by another mineral?
A diamond. Actually, a diamond can be scratched my other minerals.
Which of these is a mineral?
quarts
Is diamond mineral?
Yes a diamond is a mineral. It is the hardest mineral on the Moh's Hardness Scale from the ratings 1-10.
