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puteri [66]
4 years ago
10

Describe how to find the hardness of an unknown mineral.

Biology
2 answers:
BartSMP [9]4 years ago
6 0
For this you would require two specimens of the same nature. You take a normal hammer and a paper and pencil, and hit it gently and continue to hit it harder till it breaks, record the results.
dsp734 years ago
5 0
The scratch test.

The scratch test is used by scientists and people who study rocks and minerals to determine the strength of the rock. They have the scratchers numbered one through ten and scratch the rock or mineral until the scratcher makes a mark in the mineral then they know the strength of the rock.
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