If it leaves a scratch, the mineral is softer than talc. If it doesn't, the mineral is harder than talc. Continue doing this with the harder standard minerals - gypsum,
calcite and so on. If, for example, your mineral can be scratched by
fluorite but not by calcite, it will have a hardness of about three and a
half.
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