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