Hardness
| Moh’s Hardness Table | |||
| Diamond Moissanite Corundum Chrysoberyl Cubic Zirconia Rhodizite YAG Painite Spinel Taaffeite Topaz Beryl Family Gahnite Gahnospinel Phenakite Almandite Garnet Euclase Hambergite Sapphirine Zircon (high, med.) Andalusite Boracite Iolite Pyrope Garnet Rhodolite Garnet Spessartite Garnet Simpsonite Staurolite Tourmaline Chambersite Danburite Dumortierite Grossular Garnet Quartz Euclase Jeremejevite Andradite Garnet Axinite Chalcedony Diaspore Jadeite Peridot Saussurite Kornerupine Nambulite Pollucite Scapolite Zircon (low) Cassiterite Clinozoisite Epidote Idocrase Sillimanite Sinhalite Spodumene Family Tanzanite Zoisite Benitoite Feldspar Family Nephrite Marcasite Oligoclase Orthoclase Prehnite Pyrite Rutile Sugilite Amblygonite Clinohumite Labradorite Petalite Zektzerite Bustamite Diopside Hematite Manganotantalite Opal Rhodonite Tektite Anatase Beryllonite Hackmanite Hauyne Lazulite Leucite Milarite Pyroxmangite Actinolite Brazilianite Moldavite Thomsonite Willemite Ekanite Charoite Chlorastrolite Enstatite Glass Lazurite Neptunite Sodalite Strontium Titanate Turquoise Datolite Eudialyte Herderite Microlite Monazite Obsidian Sellaite Sphene Apatite Scheelite Dioptase Eosphorite Apophyllite Augelite Legrandite Synthetic Opal Yugawaralite Smithsonite Zincite Kyanite Tugtupite Friedelite Triphylite Variscite Xenotime Augelite Creedite Fluorite Magnesite Siderite Aragonte Azurite Coral Cuprite Dolomite Malachite Powellite Rhodochrosite Sphalerite Adamite Thaumasite Weloganite Barite Boleite Celestite Cerussite Millerite Witherite Calcite Verdite Hemetite Pearl Jet Crysocolla Serpentine Anglesite Crocoite Vanadinite Wulfenite Pyrargyrite Amber Proustite Gypsum Alabaster Stichtite Soapstone Pyrophyllite |
10 9.25 9 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.25 8 8 8 8 7.5-8 7.5-8 7.5-8 7.5-8 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7-7.5 7-7.5 7-7.5 7-7.5 7-7.5 7-7.5 7-7.5 7-7.5 7-7.5 7 7 7 7 7 6.5-7.5 6.5-7.5 6.5-7 6.5-7 6.5-7 6.5-7 6.5-7 6.5-7 6.5-7 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6-7 6-7 6-7 6-7 6-7 6-7 6-7 6-7 6-7 6-6.5 6-6.5 6-6.5 6-6.5 6-6.5 6-6.5 6-6.5 6-6.5 6-6.5 6-6.5 6 6 6 6 6 5.5-6.5 5.5-6.5 5.5-6.5 5.5-6.5 5.5-6.5 5.5-6.5 5.5-6.5 5.5-6 5.5-6 5.5-6 5.5-6 5.5-6 5.5-6 5.5-6 5.5-6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5-6.5 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-5.5 5-5.5 5-5.5 5-5.5 5-5.5 5-5.5 5-5.5 5-5.5 5 5 5 5 4.5-5 4.5-5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4-4.5 4-4.5 4-7 4-6.5 4-5 4-5 4-5 4-5 4 4 4 3.5-4.5 3.5-4.5 3.5-4 3.5-4 3.5-4 3.5-4 3.5-4 3.5-4 3.5-4 3.5-4 3.5-4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3-3.5 3-3.5 3-3.5 3-3.5 3-3.5 3-3.5 3 3 2.5-6 2.5-4.5 2.5-4 2-4 2-4 2.5-3 2.5-3 2.5-3 2.5-3 2.5 2-2.5 2-2.5 2 2 1.5-2 1-2.5 1-2 |
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