no because fluorite is softer than a penny
quartz
it can scratch fluorite
Fluorite has a hardness of 4 out of 10 and can scratch gypsum, talc and anything less than 4.
No it cant.
Olivine
fluorite ,tale ,gypsum
Fluorite is unable to scratch feldspar, quartz, corundum, diamond, or any other mineral with a Mohs hardness greater than 4.
the answer is something harder than fluorite some examples are granite , magnetite , diamonds , and quartz .
Mohs' Scale of mineral hardness using minerals is :-TalcGypsumCalciteFluorite (also known as Fluorspar)ApatiteOrthoclase FeldsparQuartsTopazCorundumDiamondThus minerals 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 will scratch Fluorite.
Yes. By any mineral or substance with a Mohs scale rating of 4 or above.
Fluorite with a Mohs hardness of 4 would be scratched by quartz (with a hardness of 7). Both calcite (Mohs hardness 3) and talc (Mohs hardness 1) are softer than fluorite.
Any mineral with a hardness greater than that of fluorite which is 4 on the Mohs scale of hardness. Examples include quartz, orthoclase, garnet, diamond, etc.