Hardness
Size
Moh's Scale
-A ________mineral will scratch a softer mineral.
Scratch Test
Identify minerals
Mineral
-Need several properties
-used to help identify and rank minerals according to their hardness
-Geologists use this to determine the hardness of a mineral
_______________ should not be used as a property to identify minerals.
-Resistance of a mineral to being scratched
-Harder
-Basic earth material that cannot be broken down into something else
