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