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Calcite is a mineral that is white or colorless and has a hardness of 2.5 and splits with cubic cleavage.
No, there is no correlation between color and hardness in minerals.
The mineral with hardness 3 will get scratched.
the mineral that has a hardness of 7 is "Quarts
The mineral with the greatest hardness is the diamond.
the mineral that has a hardness of 7 is "Quarts
Ruby, a variety of the mineral corundum, has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Hardness is the measure of how easily a mineral is scratched.
Hardness is better.
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.
Orthoclase feldspar is 6 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Gypsum is the mineral listed at 2 on the Mohs hardness scale.