I don't know what you mean by "D" climate regions, but the cooler the climate, the more likely permafrost will be found. If the climate is warmer, permafrost won't be found because it will be thawed out.
What you're looking for in here is the hardness: a material can scratch another material if it's harder than it.
So the desired material cannot be harder than amphibole, which has a hardness of 6.
But it has to be harder than fluorite, which has a hardness of 4.
So we're looking for a hardness of between 4 and 6 and from the table we see it's magnesite (we'll need a hard magesite) - this is the correct answer!
Answer:
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Africa and South America.
