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Mineral hardness is tested on a glass plate or usually a finger nail.
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A minerals hardness with respect to other minerals can be determined by?
scratching the mineral acrros a glass plate
A scale used to measure the hardness of rocks?
The Mohs scale is used to determine the relative hardness of minerals.
What are the the tests scientists use to identify minerals?
Hardness test based on the Mohs Scale of relative mineral hardness, specific gravity, streak test for mineral color, classification of mineral crystal system, chemical analysis.
What is the hardness of a steel nail on the Mohs scale?
The hardness of a steel nail is about 4.5 (About the same hardness of the mineral Fluorite.)
Can you scratch plaster with a fingernail?
It would depend on how loosely the sandstone was cemented. Some sandstone can be crumbled in your clenched fist, and some are extremely hard.
How is hardness tested?
Mineral hardness is tested on a glass plate or usually a finger nail.
What is used to test the hardness of a a mineral?
The Moh's scale is used to test the hardness of a mineral. It will be tested by a fingernail scratching it.
Describe how to find the hardness of unknown mineral?
Minerals are tested for hardness by performing a scratch test. The unknown mineral is scratched with another object that the hardness is known. For example, a unknown mineral may be scratched with a piece of metal to compare the resistance.
What type of mineral property is tested by the scratch test?
the anwers is hardness because a have a sience book that it says the same thing
What will if you rub a mineral with the hardness of 3 with a mineral with a hardness of 9?
The mineral with hardness 3 will get scratched.
What mineral of hardness of 7?
the mineral that has a hardness of 7 is "Quarts
What mineral has the greatest hardness?
The mineral with the greatest hardness is the diamond.
What is hardness of quartz mineral?
the mineral that has a hardness of 7 is "Quarts
What is the hardness of the ruby?
Ruby, a variety of the mineral corundum, has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
What is ment by a meant by a mineral's hardness?
Hardness is the measure of how easily a mineral is scratched.
Which mineral property is better for identifying a mineral Magnetism or hardness?
Hardness is better.
What do scientists use to determine mineral hardness?
The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is generally used to determine the hardness of a mineral. The Mohs scale rates the ability of mineral to scratch or be scratched by another mineral.
