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