MOHS HARDNESS TABLES

HARDNESS NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ORIGINAL SCALE MODIFIED SCALE TALC TALC GYPSUM GYPSUM CALCITE CALCITE FLUORITE FLUORITE APATITE APATITE ORTHOCLASE ORTHOCLASE QUARTZ VITREOUS SILICA TOPAZ QUARTZ OR STELLITE CORUNDUM TOPAZ DIAMOND GARNET *** FUSED ZIRCONIA *** FUSED ZIRCONIA *** SILICON CARBIDE *** BORON CARBIDE *** DIAMOND

HARDNESS OF MATERIALS
SUBSTANCE AGATE ALABASTER ALUM ALUMINUM ALUNDUM AMBER ANDALUSITE ANTHRACITE ANTIMONY APATITE ARAGONITE ARSENIC ASBESTOS ASPHALT AUGITE BARITE BELL-METAL BERYL BISMUTH BORIC ACID BORON BRASS CADMIUM CALAMINE CALCITE CALCIUM CARBON CARBORUNDUM NUMBER 6-7 1.7 2 - 2.5 2 - 2.9 9+ 2 - 2.5 7.5 2.2 3.0 - 3.3 5 3.5 3.5 5 1-2 6 3.3 4 7.8 2.5 3 9.5 3-4 2.0 5 3 1.5 10.0 9 - 10 SUBSTANCE INDIUM IRIDIUM IRIDOSMIUM IRON KAOLINITE LEAD LITHIUM LOESS MAGNESIUM MAGNETITE MANGANESE MARBLE MEERSCHAUM MICA OPAL ORTHOCLASE OSMIUM PALLADIUM PHOSPHORUS PLATINUM PLAT-IRIDIUM POTASSIUM PUMICE PYRITE QUARTZ ROCK SALT (HALITE) ROSS' METAL RUBIDIUM NUMBER 1.2 6 - 6.5 7 4-5 2.0 - 2.5 1.5 0.6 0.3 2.0 6 5.0 3-4 2-3 2.8 4-6 6 7.0 4.8 0.5 4.3 6.5 0.5 6 6.3 7 2 2.5 - 3.0 0.3

CESIUM CHROMIUM COPPER CORUNDUM DIAMOND DIATOMACEOUS EARTH DOLOMITE EMERY FELDSPAR FLINT FLUORITE GALENA GALLIUM GARNET GLASS GOLD GRAPHITE GYPSUM HEMATITE HORNBLENDE

0.2 9.0 2.5 - 3 9 10 1 - 1.5 3.5 - 4 7-9 6 7 4 2.5 1.5 6.5 - 7 4.5 - 6.5 2.5 - 3 0.5 - 1 1.6 - 2 6 5.5

RUTHENIUM SELENIUM SERPENTINE SILICON SILVER SILVER CHLORIDE SODIUM STEEL STIBNITE STRONTIUM SULFUR TALC TELLURIUM TIN TOPAZ TOURMALINE WAX WOOD'S METAL ZINC

6.5 2.0 3-4 7.0 2.5 - 4 1.3 0.4 5 - 8.5 2 1.8 1.5 - 2.5 1 2.3 1.5 - 1.8 8 7.3 0.2 3 2.5

COMPARISON OF HARDNESS VALUES

MATERIAL TALC GYPSUM CADMIUM SILVER ZINC CALCITE FLUORITE COPPER MAGNESIA APATITE NICKEL GLASS (SODA LIME) FELDSPAR (ORTHOCLASE) QUARTZ CHROMIUM ZIRCONIA BERYLLIA TOPAZ GARNET TUNGSTEN CARBIDE ALLOY ZIRCONIUM BORIDE TITANIUM NITRIDE TUNGSTEN CARBIDE TANTALUM CARBIDE ZIRCONIUM CARBIDE ALUMINA MOHS VALUE 1 2 *** *** *** 3 4 *** *** 5 *** *** 6 7 *** *** *** 8 *** *** *** 9 *** *** *** *** KNOOP VALUE *** 32 37 60 119 135 163 163 370 430 557 530 560 820 935 1160 1250 1340 1360 1400 - 1800 1550 1800 1880 2000 2100 2100

BERYLLIUM CARBIDE TITANIUM CARBIDE SILICON CARBIDE ALUMINUM BORIDE BORON CARBIDE DIAMOND

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