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Is wulfenite hard enough to make into a gem?
No. Wulfenite has a hardness of 2.75-3.0 on the Mohs scale, so it is not hard enough to make a gem out of it.
What can scratch peridot?
A peridot could scratch any mineral with a Mohs hardness of 6.5 or less. Click on the link below for information on the Mohs hardness scale.
Is tanzanite soft gem or hard gem?
tanzanite I relatively a soft gem compared to sapphire or ruby. it measures 7 on Moh's scale.
What are the third and fourth hardest gems?
The third hardest gemstone is ruby and then the fourth hardest is emerald.
What kind of gems is the worlds strongest?
Diamonds are the hardest mineral/gem in the world but they are brittle. The next step down from diamonds are sapphires and rubies. They arent brittle and are quite hard. On a scale of 1 to 10, diamonds (#10) being the hardest, sapphires rank 9. For more on the scale I used. Google MOHs scale of hardness
What is a mineral with a hardness of 9?
Corundum is a mineral with a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale. It is used as an abrasive and is also the mineral form of aluminum oxide. Sapphire and ruby are gem varieties of corundum.
What is the third hardest gems?
: Diamond is the hardest gem. : : It is the only gem to rank a 10 on the 1 to 10 Mohs hardness scale. When we talk about "hardness," we're talking about a gem's ability to withstand scratching. As the hardest gem, diamond can scratch, or cut, any other stone, but only a diamond can scratch a diamond. : After diamond, the next hardest gem is sapphire. Even though sapphire ranks 9 on the Mohs scale, it is not nearly as hard as diamond. : Neither diamond or sapphire, however, is the *toughest* gem. That distinction belongs to nephrite, a type of jade. Toughness measures resistance to breaking, and nephrite jade is tougher than both diamond and sapphire.
How hard is diamond?
It is a 10 on the Moh hardness scale. This is very convenient as diamond is the definition of 10 on that particular hardness scale.
What is the hardness for a diamond?
A Diamond is harder than any other natural or artificial substance known, it is ideal for both GEM and industrial purposes. supplement. Diamond is 10 on the Mohs scale of hardness. No other substance is harder, but not all diamonds are equally hard. Some exceptionally (well relatively) hard diamonds come from New South Wales in Australia.
What rock is a red and yellow gemstone with a hardness of 7.5?
Only Diamond is as hard as diamond, and if their could be any gem stone as hard as diamond then it would definitely be Diamond.
What is the second hardest mineral on the Mohs scale after diamond?
On the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, corundum is listed as a 9, below diamond which has a rating of 10.
How strong are semi precious stones?
It all depends on the gem for they have their own degrees of hardness, so before buying a gem look up the hardness on it, I believe the Assay Office used to carry lists
