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Does the Mohs scale help scientists identify the crystal shape of a mineral?
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∙ 15y ago
The Mohs scale is used to identify the mineral property of hardness only.
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∙ 14y agoNo, just the hardness.
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The Mohs scale helps scientists to identify the 'blank' of a mineral?
The Mohs scale is used to measure the hardness of minerals.
What do scientists use to determine mineral hardness?
The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is generally used to determine the hardness of a mineral. The Mohs scale rates the ability of mineral to scratch or be scratched by another mineral.
What would you use the Mohs scale of hardness for?
to identify a mineral
Does hardness help identify a mineral?
Hardness alone is not a good way to identify a mineral, other properties such as streak color, cleavage, opacity, ect also need to be taken into consideration. There is no "quick way" to properly identify a mineral.
What are the four main characteristics in minerals that mineralogists look for while examining them?
The color left on a streak plate when the mineral is scratched on the surface of the plate. Different minerals have different streak colors. The mineral is tested for hardness to see where it lies on the Mohs scale. The crystal structure (othorhombic, tetragonal, triclinic, isometric, monoclinic, or trigonal), will help identify the mineral. Different minerals have different densities and weights.
How do you identify a mineral or crystal?
You can use hardness(Moh's Hardness Scale), luster, shape, and fracture to identify quartz.
The Mohs scale helps scientists to identify the 'blank' of a mineral?
The Mohs scale is used to measure the hardness of minerals.
Mohs' scale helps scientists to identify the of a mineral?
B. Hardness
What do scientists use to determine mineral hardness?
The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is generally used to determine the hardness of a mineral. The Mohs scale rates the ability of mineral to scratch or be scratched by another mineral.
What mineral does scientists use the mohs scale to identify?
Hardness, how easily it can be scratched
What are the the tests scientists use to identify minerals?
Hardness test based on the Mohs Scale of relative mineral hardness, specific gravity, streak test for mineral color, classification of mineral crystal system, chemical analysis.
To determine the hardness of a mineral what do scientists use.?
the mohs scale
What would you use the Mohs scale of hardness for?
to identify a mineral
What would you use the Mohs scale for hardness for?
to identify a mineral
Mohs scale helps scientists to identify what kind of material?
the hardness of minerals.
What is the use of the hardness scale?
Minerals have a fairly specific range of hardness, based on the Mohs hardness scale. The Mohs scale is based on the ability of a mineral to be scratched, or scratch, another mineral. Using the Mohs scale to determine mineral hardness is one test that can be used to help identify one mineral from others.
Is rounded quartz crystal in sandstone considered a mineral?
Yes. While the crystal form is not apparent, there is still a crystalline structure on the molecular scale.
