Talc is the softest mineral on the scale
It's called the Ore
Tals, a mineral, has a hardness of 1 on the Mohs scale of relative mineral hardness, a 1 being the one able to be scratched by the remaining nine minerals. It's soft.
Diamond, with a hardness of 10 on the Mohs scale.
Friedrich Mohs is famous for creating the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. He formulated a scale of one to ten and assigned each mineral a value. This eventually became the basis for the Mohs scale.
The softest known mineral is 'TALC'. The hardest known mineral is 'DIAMOND' (according to Friedrich Mohs scale)
Talc is the softest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale. It has a hardness of 1 and can be easily scratched by other minerals.
Phosphate minerals do not have a specific hardness on Mohs scale because the hardness of a mineral is determined by its crystal structure and chemical composition. Each phosphate mineral can have a different hardness depending on its specific properties. However, some common phosphate minerals like apatite typically have a hardness of around 5 on the Mohs scale.
It's called the Ore
Tals, a mineral, has a hardness of 1 on the Mohs scale of relative mineral hardness, a 1 being the one able to be scratched by the remaining nine minerals. It's soft.
Google "Mohs hardness scale". This is a relative hardness scale which compares one mineral's hardness to another. (It is between 3.5 and 5.5 on the Mohs hardness scale)
The Mohs mineral scale was named after German mineralogist Frederich Mohs (1773-1839)
Diamond, with a hardness of 10 on the Mohs scale.
The fourth mineral on Mohs' Scale of Hardness is fluorite. It has a hardness of 4 on the scale.
Friedrich Mohs is famous for creating the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. He formulated a scale of one to ten and assigned each mineral a value. This eventually became the basis for the Mohs scale.
The softest known mineral is 'TALC'. The hardest known mineral is 'DIAMOND' (according to Friedrich Mohs scale)
Ruby, a variety of the mineral corundum, has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
This scale was proposed by the Austrian geologist Friderich Mohs.