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What is used to determine a mineral's resistance to being scratched?
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The Mohs mineral hardness scale.
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What scientist use to determine a minerals resistance to being scratched?
Moh's hardness scale was used to determine a mineral's resistance to being scratched. The tendency of a mineral to break along smooth flat surfaces is cleavage.
What is the resistance to being scratched is a minerals?
This describes a mineral's Mohs hardness.
What is The resistance to being scratched is a minerals what?
This describes a mineral's Mohs hardness.
Scientists use this to determine a minerals resistance to being scratched?
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is known as it's hardness. You can determine hardness by scratching it with another material whose hardness is already known. If it can be scratched, then the hardness is lower. If the unknown leaves a scratch on the known material, then its hardness is higher.
Which mineral property describes minerals resistance to being scratched?
That would be its Mohs hardness.
Scientist use this to determine a mineral's resistance to being scratched?
Mohs scale of hardness
What is the resistance to being scratched known as?
Hardness
Resistance to being scratched is known as?
hardness
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.
Which of the following minerals is most resistant to being scratched?
Diamond
Which property is a measure of a minerals resistance to being scratched?
A rock's hardness is its resistance to scratching or abrasion. This is commonly measured using the MOH's scale of hardness.
What property describe a minerals ability to resist being scratched?
The hardness
