Can you name the Mohs hardness scale for minerals? - sporcle

Can you name the Mohs hardness scale for minerals? Enter a mineral in the box below Correctly named minerals will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order You have 3 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Popular trivia games today Fast Math 2 24287 One-Word #1 Songs 19676 Political Parties with Electoral Votes 9904 Sports Figures In Other Words 8675 Vowel-less Book Titles 7972 Four Letter Things 7418 Populated Neighboring Countries 4501 And more...
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Mohs Hardness Scale

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Published: January 1st, 2008

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	Jeremy:	Sep 23rd, 2008 at 19:09 GMT	2 points
	Orthoclase by itself should be acceptable for number 6. Feldspar should be an alternate answer. I've never heard it referred to as "orthoclase feldspar" before.

	AeroE:	Oct 10th, 2008 at 02:21 GMT	4 points
	There are 2 different types of feldspar, plagioclase feldspar and orthoclase feldspar. Both have the same hardness, but orthoclase is more commonly listed on the hardness scale. It does accept just feldspar as an answer.

	lakers22:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 23:27 GMT	7 points
	diamond and talc were easy

	ZacharyTaylor:	Nov 28th, 2008 at 22:57 GMT	0 points
	i wasn't sure of topaz...

	Etheridge2:	Feb 1st, 2009 at 02:19 GMT	1 point
	wow use to know this like the back of my hand

	Jeffy:	Feb 1st, 2009 at 18:33 GMT	-2 points
	Pice of cake

	letjustin:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 23:51 GMT	1 point
	i got 2...

	SlovakOne:	Apr 13th, 2009 at 15:48 GMT	1 point
	Wow! Just one. I have a brief knowlage of six of them, but they are way to different from our naming.

	Jcdizon:	Apr 19th, 2009 at 15:46 GMT	2 points
	Sucks, I remembered just two. The softest and the hardest...

	Colomgirl2:	May 12th, 2009 at 20:51 GMT	1 point
	Me too... Diamond and Talc... Nothing more...

	Aristocrat:	May 23rd, 2009 at 21:50 GMT	-1 points
	Calcium carbonate should be an acceptable answer for 2 >.>

	OscilatingGibbon:	May 29th, 2009 at 10:35 GMT	1 point
	I agree with it just accepting 'orthoclase', it's much more commonly referred to as just that.

	LEE:	Jun 1st, 2009 at 12:31 GMT	1 point
	thank you 7th grade geology. the quiz was easy but fun.

	mjenks:	Jul 15th, 2009 at 20:19 GMT	1 point
	Seriously? Five minutes for this?

	mjenks:	Jul 15th, 2009 at 20:20 GMT	2 points
	Aristocrat: No, because aragonite is also calcium carbonate. It'd be like saying that you could accept buckyballs for diamond.

	SporcleAdmin:	Jul 19th, 2009 at 03:36 GMT	4 points
	We have made a couple of tweaks to this quiz as it was one of our earlier quizzes and needed some updating.

	frenchhen:	Aug 6th, 2009 at 13:43 GMT	1 point
	Here's a helpful mnemonic: "The girls can flirt and other queer things can do". Good luck!

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	tigerschick:	Sep 14th, 2009 at 11:11 GMT	2 points
	Glad I'm not the only one who only got 1 and 10 :o(

	tato58:	Oct 20th, 2009 at 13:20 GMT	1 point
	Nice quiz. I only got three, but that's my fault for a poor memory.

	SexualCamel:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 07:33 GMT	1 point
	Wow, I can actually remember something from high skool.

	cwrocs220:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 20:03 GMT	1 point
	missed calcite:(

	winstarforu:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 15:23 GMT	0 points
	I practiced these on paper before I actually took the test. If you memorize the first initial of each one in order from soft to hardness and write them down, then fill in the rest of each one it is pretty easy to memorize, needless to say, I aced this test!

	beth61:	Dec 28th, 2009 at 19:13 GMT	1 point
	@SporcleAdmin: Nice quiz, but the title doesn't ask the question you're trying to ask. Can you name the Mohs hardness scale for minerals? Yeah, it's called Mohs hardness scale for minerals. Suggest changing it to "Can you name the minerals in the Mohs hardness scale?"

	JCampen:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 20:25 GMT	1 point
	Nice quiz as a little bit of revision. Got all of them =)

	weird_people:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 19:56 GMT	1 point
	WHAT! NO UNOBTAINIUM! YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN AVATAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	blondie15:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 05:07 GMT	1 point
	ugh, i couldn't think of fluorite. also, i chuckle at apatite.

	Vespinito:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 10:28 GMT	1 point
	The Geologist Can Find An Ordinary Quartz (that) Tourists Call Diamond