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Mohs scale o meeneral haurdness

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The Mohs scale o mineral haurdness chairacterizes the scratch reseestance o sindry minerals throu the ability o a haurder material tae scratch a safter material. It wis creatit in 1812 bi the German geologist an mineralogist Friedrich Mohs an is ane o several defineetions o haurdness in materials science.[1] The method o comparin haurdness bi seein which minerals can scratch ithers, houever, is o great antiquity, haein been mentioned bi Theophrastus in his treatise On Stones, c. 300 BC, follaed bi Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia, c. 77 AD.[2][3][4]

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  1. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 22 Feb. 2009 "Mohs hardness."
  2. Theophrastus on Stones. Farlang.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-10.
  3. Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia. Book 37. Chap. 15. ADamas: six varieties of it. Two remedies.
  4. Pliny the Elder.Naturalis Historia. Book 37. Chap. 76. The methods of testing precious stones.