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According to Moh's hardness scale, your fingernail would be rated as 2.5. Juan and Carol are trying to identify an unknown mineral. Carol can scratch the mineral sample with her fingernail. Juan and Carol know the mineral MUST be one of these four choices.

Based on the scratch test, the mineral is
A) apatite.
B) calcite.
C) gypsum.
D) pyrite. '
heres a pic if u need it
Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness
Hardness Mineral Absolute Hardness
1 Talc 1
2 Gypsum 2
3 Calcite 9
4 Fluorite 21
5 Apatite 48
7 Quartz 100
8 Topaz 200
help plz! i couldnt get the table things but that was part of it though!

User GavinR
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I believe C is the answer because it is softer than your fingernail and the rest are harder.
User Spinner
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C)
Should Be The Right Answer
Hopes This Helps Yeah
User RichG
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