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Q: What happens when you scratch minerals together to determine a minerals?
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How can you determine hardness rate for minerals?

Use the scratch test.


When determine which minerals will scratch other minerals you would need to refer to the what?

it refers to the mohs scale


A minerals hardness with respect to other minerals can be determined by?

scratching the mineral acrros a glass plate


Which minerals cannot scratch any minerals by itself?

Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring mineral and can scratch all other minerals. Talc is the softest of minerals and cannot scratch any other mineral.


What mineral can scratch all the minerals?

Diamonds are proven to scratch all minerals including itself.


What minerals can a steel knife scratch?

it can scratch fluorite


Can talc scratch over minerals?

Talc is supposed to be too fragile to cause a scratch on the majority of minerals.


How do you determine the hardness of an unknown minerals specimen?

One way is to start with mohs scale which references the ability of one mineral to scratch another.


Which minerals can scratch apatite?

gypsum can


What can scratch gypsum but can be scratched by all other minerals?

The human fingernail can just scratch gypsum, but is softer than all other minerals.


What is the scratch table of rocks and minerals?

The scratch table is called the Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness and measures the hardness of minerals in relation to the known hardest (diamond) and softest (talc) minerals.


What other minerals can scratch Talc?

All of them