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