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A diamond.
Actually, a diamond can be scratched my other minerals.
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Describe how to find the hardness of unknown mineral?
Minerals are tested for hardness by performing a scratch test. The unknown mineral is scratched with another object that the hardness is known. For example, a unknown mineral may be scratched with a piece of metal to compare the resistance.
What mineral can scratch talc but is not scratched by calcite?
Gypsum
What mineral can be scratched with a knife blade or a window glass?
not diamond
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.
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 mineral can only be scratched by one mineral?
Corundum- which can only be scratched by diamond. Diamond cannot be scratched by any other mineral.
Which mineral ranked the highest hardness?
A diamond is the hardest mineral. A diamond can scratch all other minerals or rocks and cannot be scratched by another mineral or rock except another diamond.
Is diamonds the only mineral that will not scratch?
No. A diamond can still be scratched by another diamond.
What mineral can scratch itself but no other mineral can scratch it?
A diamond is the only material that cannot be scratched by any other than itself.
What kind of mineral leaves a greenish-black streak and cannot be scratched by fluorite?
Pyrite
A mineral that can be scratched easily by all other minerals is?
Talc is the softest mineral and can be scratched by any other mineral.
How can you tell if a mineral can scratch another mineral?
the softer mineral can be scratched by a harder mineral. Ex: talc is 1 and quartz is 7 so quartz can scratch talc
Describe how to find the hardness of unknown mineral?
Minerals are tested for hardness by performing a scratch test. The unknown mineral is scratched with another object that the hardness is known. For example, a unknown mineral may be scratched with a piece of metal to compare the resistance.
What type of mineral is colorless cannot be scratched by calcite has no shine and breaks apart in many ways?
Dolomite. I think.
What mineral cannot be scratched by anything but quartz?
There is none because diamond is at the top of the scale so it can scratch anything.
Which mineral is scratched dolomite and is scratched by olivine?
potassium feldspar
What mineral can be scratched by diamond?
Diamond are only scratched by diamonds.
