Google "Mohs hardness scale". This is a relative hardness scale which compares one mineral's hardness to another.
(It is between 3.5 and 5.5 on the Mohs hardness scale)
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scratch it against glass if the glass scratches its diamond
You can verify a diamond by taking it to a jeweler, who can verify which stone you're using to scratch glass.
no
Quartz agate would scratch glass. Glass would not scratch quartz agate.
6.0
Between 3.5 and 5.5 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
The hardness of glass is around 6, and the hardness of iron is about 5. So your mineral is probably around a 5.5.
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The unknown mineral is not a mineral, or the pieces being scratched or doing the scratching are not freshly fractured or cleaved surfaces.
orthoclase
It would have to be 5.0 because glass has a hardness of 5.5 and an iron nail has the hardness of 4.5
scratch it against glass if the glass scratches its diamond
Diamond will scratch anything.
A few minerals that do not scratch glass come to mind . . . talc, asbestos, mica, for instance.
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quartz