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Q: Which mineral is most resistant to being scratched?
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What mineral is scratch resistant?

All minerals can be scratched if you used the right scratcher. Diamond can only be scratched by another diamond, and is most resistant to being scratched. In the jewelry world any thing harder than a 7 on the Mohs hardness scale is consider resistant to scratching.


Which of the following minerals is most resistant to being scratched?

Diamond


Which mineral can be scratched by a fingernail?

Talc is one such mineral and as such is a reference mineral in the Mohs Hardness Scale.


What mineral is most resistant to scratching?

DimondDiamond.


What mineral crystallizes last and is most resistant to weathering?

Quartz


How well do a mineral resist scratching?

hardness.


What mineral in granite rock hardly weathers?

The quartz in granite is the most resistant component to weathering.


What acid melt the polyproplyen?

Polypropylene is resistant to all mineral acids and most organic acids.


What are geodes?

.... vugs or cavities that have eroded out of less erosion resistant host rock, often lined or completely filled with various mineral crystals, the most common being quartz and calcite.


Under most weathering conditions which mineral in granites and rhyolites would be most resistant to decomposition?

Quartz, by a long shot. Then orthoclase, muscovite, biotite, in that order


What mineral you can scratch with your fingernail?

The most commonly known mineral that can be scratched with a fingernail is talc.


Quartz resists chemical weathering more than any other common mineral?

Quartz is a mineral that is the most resistant to chemical weathering. Its resistance is due to the structure of the grains that comprise it.