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What is Bauxite's hardness?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Bauxite, a rock and the main ore of aluminum, does not have a number on the Mohs scale of relative mineral hardness because it is not a mineral, but a combination of minerals.

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== As a rock, bauxite is not listed on the Mohs mineral hardness scale.

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Bauxite is not listed as a mineral. Only minerals are given a hardness on the Mohs scale.

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Depending on the specimen, the hardness varies from 1 to 3.

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The density of bauxite is 2,800 to 3,250 kg/m3 or 2.8 to 3.25 g/cm3. The SI density standard is kg/m3.

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Bauxite is not listed as a mineral on the Moh's scale of hardness

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