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mixture of other substances or if it may be misleading or meaningless. For example, some sources have assigned a Mohs hardness of 6 or 7 to granite but it is a rock made of several minerals, each with its own Mohs hardness (e.g. topaz-rich granite contains: topaz — Mohs 8, quartz — Mohs 7, orthoclase — Mohs 6, plagioclase — Mohs 6–6.5, mica — Mohs 2–4).
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dislocations visible to the naked eye. Frequently, materials that are lower on the Mohs scale can create microscopic, non-elastic dislocations on materials that have a higher Mohs number. While these microscopic dislocations are permanent and sometimes detrimental to the harder material's structural
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Below is a table of more materials by Mohs scale. Some of them have a hardness between two of the Mohs scale reference minerals. Some solid substances that are not minerals have been assigned a hardness on the Mohs scale. However, hardness can make it difficult to determine if the substance is a
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was the hardest known naturally occurring mineral when the scale was designed, and defines the top of the scale, arbitrarily set at 10. The hardness of a material is measured against the scale by finding the hardest material that the given material can scratch, or the softest material that can
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Despite its lack of precision, the Mohs scale is relevant for field geologists, who use it to roughly identify minerals using scratch kits. The Mohs scale hardness of minerals can be commonly found in reference sheets.
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The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is based on the ability of one natural sample of mineral to visibly scratch another mineral.
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The method of comparing hardness by observing which minerals can scratch others is of great antiquity, having been mentioned by
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Electronic manufacturers use the scale for testing the resilience of flat panel display components (such as cover glass for
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In demselben Jahre (1812) wurde MOHS als Professor am Joanneum angestellt und veröffentliche den ersten Teil seines Werkes
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In the same year (1812) MOHS was employed as a professor at the Joanneum and published the first part of his work
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integrity, they are not considered "scratches" for the determination of a Mohs scale number.
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Versuch einer Elementar-Methode zur naturhistorischen Bestimmung und Erkennung der Fossilien
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Versuch einer Elementarmethode zur naturhistorischen Bestimmung und Erkennung der Fossilien
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Technically, "scratching" a material for the purposes of the Mohs scale means creating non-
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Mohs hardness kit, containing one specimen of each mineral on the ten-point hardness scale
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scratch the given material. For example, if some material is scratched by
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Each of the ten hardness values in the Mohs scale is represented by a
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Samsonov, G.V., ed. (1968). "Mechanical properties of the elements".
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Geels, Kay (26 April 2000). "The true microstructure of materials".
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through the ability of harder material to scratch softer material.
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Applied Mineralogy: Applications in industry and environment
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Handbook of the Physicochemical Properties of the Elements
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Materialographic Preparation from Sorby to the Present
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vertical. Diamond (Mohs 10) is 1500 (off scale).
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Qualitative scale characterizing scratch resistance
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Index

Mohs Scale
Open wooden box with ten compartments, each containing a numbered mineral specimen.
/mz/
MOHZ
qualitative
ordinal scale
scratch resistance
minerals
geologist
mineralogist
Friedrich Mohs
hardness
materials science
Theophrastus
Pliny the Elder
Naturalis Historia
field
Minerals
Rocks

absolute hardness
Diamond
apatite
fluorite
elastic
ordinal scale
corundum
topaz
absolute hardness
sclerometer

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