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Which mineral property is better for identifying a mineral Magnetism or hardness?
Hardness is better.
What is a mineral's ability to scratch another mineral?
A mineral's resistance to being scratched (or when a force is applied) is called its hardness.There are different measurements of hardness: scratch hardness, indentation hardness, and rebound hardness. A material's hardness depends on ductility, elastic stiffness, plasticity, strain, strength, toughness, viscoelasticity, and viscosity.
Why do rocks have different hardness?
it has to do with the hardness of the mineral which can be found by moh's scale of hardness
Mineral specimen with a Mohs hardness of 5 can scratch a mineral specimen with a hardness of 3?
Correct, a 5 hardness can scratch a 5 and below.
Measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched which is determined b the arrangement of of a minerals atom?
Hardness is the measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
What will if you rub a mineral with the hardness of 3 with a mineral with a hardness of 9?
The mineral with hardness 3 will get scratched.
What mineral of hardness of 7?
the mineral that has a hardness of 7 is "Quarts
What mineral has the greatest hardness?
The mineral with the greatest hardness is the diamond.
What is hardness of quartz mineral?
the mineral that has a hardness of 7 is "Quarts
What is the hardness of the ruby?
Ruby, a variety of the mineral corundum, has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
What is ment by a meant by a mineral's hardness?
Hardness is the measure of how easily a mineral is scratched.
Which mineral property is better for identifying a mineral Magnetism or hardness?
Hardness is better.
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 has hardness of 6?
Orthoclase feldspar is 6 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Which mineral has a hardness of 2?
Gypsum is the mineral listed at 2 on the Mohs hardness scale.
What does the property of mineral hardness measure?
Hardness measures a mineral's resistance to being scratched.
How is mineral hardness measured?
Mineral hardness is measured by how resistant one mineral is to being rubbed against another. If the mineral displays clear abrasion then it has low hardness whereas if it displays little abrasion it is a hard mineral.
