the answer is something harder than fluorite some examples are granite , magnetite , diamonds , and quartz .
Fluorite is unable to scratch feldspar, quartz, corundum, diamond, or any other mineral with a Mohs hardness greater than 4.
Fluorite is a mineral.
fluorite
Southern Illinois was once the leading producer of the mineral fluorite in the nation. Cheaper sources of fluorite worldwide led to the demise of fluorite mining in the region.
Fluorite is a mineral that typically occurs as a cubic crystal. It is used in metallurgy and is the principal source of fluorine.
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Fluorite is unable to scratch feldspar, quartz, corundum, diamond, or any other mineral with a Mohs hardness greater than 4.
Fluorite is a mineral.
There is no mineral that would satisfy the question. If a mineral is able to scratch feldspar, it would have a Mohs hardness of 6 or above. Fluorite is rated as a 4. It would be impossible for a mineral which scratches feldspar to be unable to scratch fluorite.
Mohs' Scale of mineral hardness using minerals is :-TalcGypsumCalciteFluorite (also known as Fluorspar)ApatiteOrthoclase FeldsparQuartsTopazCorundumDiamondThus minerals 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 will scratch Fluorite.
Yes. By any mineral or substance with a Mohs scale rating of 4 or above.
On the Mohs mineral hardness scale, calcite is about a 3, and apatite is about a 5. So, whatever is at a hardness of 4 will scratch a 3 but not a 5. That mineral is fluorite.
Any mineral with a hardness greater than that of fluorite which is 4 on the Mohs scale of hardness. Examples include quartz, orthoclase, garnet, diamond, etc.
Between 2 and 4. Calcite, which has a hardness of 3, is one example.
quartz
it can scratch fluorite
no because fluorite is softer than a penny