You can tell what Topaz can scratch by looking at the Moh's Scale of Hardness. It looks at ten well known, easily available minerals, and arranged them in order of their "scratch hardness". If a specimen to be tested can be scratched by a known mineral from the list, it is softer than that mineral. If it in turn will scratch another known mineral, it is harder than that mineral. Topaz is ranked an 8 and therefore can scratch everything lower than an 8. This includes quartz, feldspar, apatite, calcite, gypsum and talc.
the only thing that can scratch a diamond is another diamond.it has the same hardness.
a peice of glass scratches topaz
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Only diamond can scratch corundum !
diamond and maybe quarts.
Diamond are only scratched by diamonds.
diamond's hardness is a factor of 10. So this is the highest hardness, no mineral has this hardness! You can't scratch a diamond.
Diamond will scratch anything.
According to the Mohs scale of hardness, Diamond has a hardness of 10 and Quartz has a hardness of 7. Any mineral with a hardness greater than 7 can scratch quartz and diamond can scratch any mineral with a hardness less than 10. Corundum (hardness of 9) and Topaz (hardness of 8) are two examples of minerals that can scratch quartz but not diamond.
Corundum can scratch almost any mineral that isn't diamond.
A diamond can scratch a diamond, but one diamond cannot scratch itself.
No. Only a diamond can scratch another diamond.
gympsum can scratch diamond
A diamond will scratch anything and everything, including another diamond.
No. Diamond will scratch steel, however,
Nope! A diamond is the hardest substance on earth so only a diamond can scratch a diamond!
Yes, in fact, it is the only way to scratch a diamond.
Yes: not a good use for a diamond, but yes, a diamond will scratch a nail.
Diamond is harder than steel: you can scratch steel with a diamond, but steel will not scratch a diamond.
noNo other way around
Diamond will scratch everything, including diamond.
Diamond