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What mineral can be scratched with a knife blade or a window glass?
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Which mineral is made mostly of the mineral quartz?
window glass
Which material is mostly made of the mineral quartz?
window glass
If a mineral is a 6 on the mohs scale what can it be scracted by?
A mineral with a hardness of 6 on the Mohs scale can be scratched by anything harder than a 6, such as minerals with a hardness of 7 or higher. It will not be scratched by minerals with a hardness of 5 or lower.
What mineral has a hardness of 5 Mohs scale nad can be scratched by a steel?
apatite, cobalt, zirconium, palladium, tooth enamel, obsidian (volcanic glass)
How would a mineral collector determine the hardness of an unknown mineral specimen?
There are two ways. One way is to buy a scratch test kit and follow the instructions. They will tell you to try to scratch minerals of certain hardnesses and find the hardest one it can scratch. For example, if it scratches a mineral with a hardness of 6 but not one with a hardness of 7, the hardness would be between 6 and 7. If you do not have one of those available, you can try scratching common objects. Your fingernail is 1.5, a penny is 2.5, a pocketknife blade is 5.0, window glass is 5.5, a steel file is 6.5, and quartz is 7.0.
What mineral can be scratched with a steel knife or window glass?
apatite with a steel knife feldspar with window glass
What mineral will scratch with a window glass or a knife blade?
Diamond will scratch anything.
Which mineral can be scratched by glass but not a penny?
A topaz
Which mineral will scratch glass but will be scratched by a nail?
quartz
Which mineral could be scratched by a glass but not by a penny?
minearls
What hardness does a mineral have if it scratched by glass but scratched an iron nail?
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
What mineral is mostly made of mineral quartz?
Window Glass
Which mineral is made mostly of the mineral quartz?
window glass
How do you remove plastic stick on posters off glass windows?
Glass window use a single edge razor blade.
Which material is mostly made of the mineral quartz?
window glass
What does a mineral have if it is scratched by glass but scratches an iron nail?
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
Is a quart a mineral?
Quartz is a mineral. It has a hardness of 7 on Mohs Scale of Hardness; thus, it scratches glass but it is not scratched by a masonry nail or knife blade. It does not have any cleavage, it only fractures, and it can have conchoidal fracture (similar to glass). It is also a light-colored nonmetallic mineral with a greasy luster. It can be colorless, white, gray, or other colors. Other distinctive mineral proprieties include its hexagonal prisms, pyramidal structure, and that it can be transparent or translucent.
