Matching Pairs Mineral Hardness MatchOnline version Information about scratch test and hardness of minerals by Lisa Mohl 1 Scratch Test 2 Moh's Scale 3 Hardness 4 Mineral 5 Identify minerals 6 Size 7 -A ________mineral will scratch a softer mineral. -Geologists use this to determine the hardness of a mineral _______________ should not be used as a property to identify minerals. -used to help identify and rank minerals according to their hardness -Basic earth material that cannot be broken down into something else -Resistance of a mineral to being scratched -Harder -Need several properties