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According to the scientificly accepted "Moh's Scale" Diamond would rank 1st.
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What mineral property are you testing if a fingernail scratches a mineral?
You are testing the relative hardness of the mineral.
Do rocks contain non mineral matter?
Rocks contain non-mineral matter. Examples of these are water and gases such as hydrogen and radon. Other compounds like hydrocarbons can also be a component of some rocks.
What is a parent mineral?
the material which smaller rocks and other minerals come from.
Is table salt a rock or mineral?
Table salt, or just salt, NaCl, is a mineral. It is usually referred by geologists as the mineral halite. The difference between rocks in minerals is that rocks are made of combinations of minerals, and not the other way around. A classic way to think of this is minerals being "letters", and rocks being "words".
Do rocks contain any non mineral matter?
Rocks contain non-mineral matter. Examples of these are water and gases such as hydrogen and radon. Other compounds like hydrocarbons can also be a component of some rocks.
What does it mean when a mineral can scratch another mineral?
It means the mineral that scratches the other mineral is harder on the Mohs scale
What mineral scratches feldspar?
a diamond
What mineral property are you testing if a fingernail scratches a mineral?
You are testing the relative hardness of the mineral.
What mineral scratches fluorite but not feldspar?
apatite
Do rocks make up a mineral?
other way around
Is pitchstone a mineral?
no pitch-stone is not a mineral in fact is has many minerals like dirt and other rocks
Do rocks contain non mineral matter?
Rocks contain non-mineral matter. Examples of these are water and gases such as hydrogen and radon. Other compounds like hydrocarbons can also be a component of some rocks.
What is the study of earth and other things such as rocks mineral and oil?
Geology
Is olivine an important mineral in peridotites and other ultramafic rocks?
yes
What is a parent mineral?
the material which smaller rocks and other minerals come from.
Which mineral scratches dolomite and is scratched by olivine?
potassium feldspar
What mineral scratches dolomite but it scratched by olivine?
potassium feldspar
