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    The document describes 5 minerals - diamond, corundrum, quartz, orthoclase, and emerald - listing their hardness on the Mohs scale, common uses, and brief descriptions. Diamond is the hardest at 10.0 and is commonly used in jewelry, while corundrum at 8.5 is used to make metals and abrasives. Quartz at 7 has many electronic applications and orthoclase at 6 forms igneous rock. Emerald scores 7.5-8, is a variety of beryl colored green by trace elements, and has inclusions affecting its toughness.

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    The document describes 5 minerals - diamond, corundrum, quartz, orthoclase, and emerald - listing their hardness on the Mohs scale, common uses, and brief descriptions. Diamond is the hardest at 10.0 and is commonly used in jewelry, while corundrum at 8.5 is used to make metals and abrasives. Quartz at 7 has many electronic applications and orthoclase at 6 forms igneous rock. Emerald scores 7.5-8, is a variety of beryl colored green by trace elements, and has inclusions affecting its toughness.

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    Mineral Name Hardness Scale How it is used Picture

    A diamond can be used


    on jewelry.
    Diamond 10.0

    It can be used to make


    metals and has also
    Corundrum 8.5 been made into
    sandpapers and grinding
    wheels.

    Transparent Rock
    Crystal has many
    Quartz electronic uses; it is used
    as oscillators in radios,
    7 watches, and pressure
    gauges.

    Orthoclase, or orthoclase
    feldspar, is an important
    tectosilicate mineral which
    Orthoclase forms igneous rock. The
    name is from the Ancient
    6
    Greek for "straight
    fracture," because its two
    cleavage planes are at right
    angles to each other.
    Emerald is a gemstone and
    a variety of the mineral
    Emerald 7.5–8 beryl colored green by
    trace amounts of
    chromium and sometimes
    vanadium. Beryl has a
    hardness of 7.5–8 on the
    Mohs scale. Most emeralds
    are highly included, so
    their toughness is classified
    as generally poor.

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