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