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What property are you testing if you scratch a mineral with a penny a nail and your fingernail?
When you scratch a mineral with a penny, nail, and your fingernail, you are testing the mineral's hardness. The ability to scratch or be scratched by certain materials helps determine the mineral's hardness on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
What is the hardness of a mineral if it scratches a penny but will not scratch glass?
Between 3.5 and 5.5 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Will fluorite scratch a penny?
no because fluorite is softer than a penny
What mineral can be scratched by a steel knife but not a copper penny?
Copper. Copper has a hardness of 2.5-3 on the Mohs scale, while a steel knife generally has a hardness of around 5.5 - 6.5. This means that a steel knife can scratch copper, but a copper penny cannot scratch a steel knife.
If a mineral can scratch a penny what number is it on Mohs Scale?
Most of the time, no. But there are some minerals, such as kyanite, that have more than one hardness in an individual crystal. But this is an exception to the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, which is based on the premise that a mineral of a lower number cannot scratch a mineral of a higher (harder) number.
What property are you testing if you scratch a mineral with a penny a nail and your fingernail?
When you scratch a mineral with a penny, nail, and your fingernail, you are testing the mineral's hardness. The ability to scratch or be scratched by certain materials helps determine the mineral's hardness on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
What is the hardness of a mineral if it scratches a penny but will not scratch glass?
Between 3.5 and 5.5 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Will fluorite scratch a penny?
no because fluorite is softer than a penny
What mineral can be scratched by a steel knife but not a copper penny?
Copper. Copper has a hardness of 2.5-3 on the Mohs scale, while a steel knife generally has a hardness of around 5.5 - 6.5. This means that a steel knife can scratch copper, but a copper penny cannot scratch a steel knife.
If a mineral can scratch a penny what number is it on Mohs Scale?
Most of the time, no. But there are some minerals, such as kyanite, that have more than one hardness in an individual crystal. But this is an exception to the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, which is based on the premise that a mineral of a lower number cannot scratch a mineral of a higher (harder) number.
Is the following question true or false a mineral can scratch any mineral harder than itself?
True. In general, a mineral can scratch any mineral that is softer than itself according to Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness. This means that a mineral with a higher number on the scale can scratch a mineral with a lower number.
What kind of mineral will scratch a mineral?
A harder mineral will scratch a softer one.
What mineral can scratch feldspar but not quartz?
Apatite is a mineral that can scratch feldspar but not quartz. This is because apatite has a higher hardness value than feldspar but a lower hardness value than quartz on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
What is the harness of a mineral if it scratches a penny but will not scratch glass?
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)
How can you tell if a mineral can scratch another mineral?
You can tell if a mineral can scratch another mineral by performing a scratch test, where you use the hardness scale to compare the minerals. If the mineral you are testing can scratch the other mineral, then it has a higher hardness on the scale.
What is the characteristic of a mineral that is revealed by testing what substances can scratch it and what the mineral can scratch?
it is hardness
What is the only mineral that can scratch corundum?
Diamond is the hardest mineral and is the only one that can scratch corundum. but in my opinion corundum will scratch corundum any mineral of the same hardness will scratch the other !
