Use the absolute hardness scale (Figure 2.4) to determine how many times harder fluorite is than gypsum
What will be an ideal response?
According to Figure 2.4, fluorite is 20 times harder than talc and gypsum is 2 times harder than talc, so fluorite is 10 times harder than gypsum.
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