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What kind of mineral leaves a greenish-black streak and cannot be scratched by fluorite?
Pyrite
What is a mineral scratch test?
In 1822 scientist Friedrich Mohs developed a scale to measure the hardness of minerals. A mineral will scratch other minerals softer than itself and will be scratched by minerals that are harder.
What will scratch serpentine and what does not scratch it?
The Mohs hardness of serpentine is 2,5-3; it a soft mineral. Not scrached by a graphite pen; scratched by fingernail, copper etc.
What is the Definition of Rock Cleavage?
A mineral's ability to split easily along planes of weakness, producing flat surfaces.
Does the mica mineral break easily?
On Moh's scale Mica group minerals ranges 2.5 to 3.0 in hardness.
A mineral that can be scratched easily by all other minerals is?
Talc is the softest mineral and can be scratched by any other mineral.
What is a measure of easily a mineral can be scratched?
hardness
A measure of how easily a mineral is scratched?
hardness
What is total hardness?
hardness is how easily a mineral can be scratched
The measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched?
The term for this is "hardness".
What is ment by a meant by a mineral's hardness?
Hardness is the measure of how easily a mineral is scratched.
What property of minerals measures how easily a mineral can be scratched?
Hardness
True false hardness is determined by how easily a mineral can be scratched?
True
Measure how easily a mineral can be scratched?
Mohs hardness scale measures that.
What mineral is very easily scratched and found in the drywalls of a house?
Gypsum
Measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched which is determined b the arrangement of of a minerals atom?
Hardness is the measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
What is hardness sometimes referred to as scratch-ability?
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched is it's hardness.
