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Hardness is the measure of how easily a mineral is scratched.
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What are facts for hardness?
hardness define minerals
What scale is used to rank the hardness or softness of minerals?
The Mohs Scale of Hardness determines the hardness of minerals by scratching them with commonly found objects. The minerals are assigned a number which corresponds to their hardness; higher numbers indicate higher hardness.
What does the Mohs hardness scale determine?
The hardness of MINERALS.
What property of minerals is classified by the Mohs scale?
Relative hardness is the property of minerals that uses the Mohs scale for classification.
What is the word used to describe the relative hardness of minerals?
The Mohs Scale is what is used to measure the relative hardness, or scratch resistance, of minerals. Mohs hardness often agrees with absolute hardness, which is another way of measuring the relative hardness of minerals.
How do minerals contribute to the hardness of rocks?
Some minerals have varying hardness according to the direction you may scratch
Hardness of minerals?
dimands
How do you spell ment as in I meant to ask you?
Meant... As in "he was meant to have it."
What is the scale for the Mohs hardness scale?
Granite is not assigned a number on the Mohs scale of hardness. The Mohs scale is a measurement of the relative hardness of minerals. Because granite is a rock composed of a variety of minerals, only the individual minerals which compose it have a Mohs hardness.
The standard scale against which the hardness of minerals is rated?
Mohs hardness scale
A minerals hardness with respect to other minerals can be determined by?
scratching the mineral acrros a glass plate
What is the difference between a minerals hardness and streak?
A minerals hardness is the ability to scratch or be scratched by other minerals and streak is the colored powder of a mineral that comes off when being scratched.
