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  • Hydrous Minerals and the Mohs Hardness Scale: An Explanation
    There are no hydrous minerals in Mohs Hardness Scale.

    Mohs Hardness Scale uses anhydrous minerals, meaning they don't contain water molecules within their crystal structure.

    Here are the minerals on Mohs Scale:

    1. Talc

    2. Gypsum

    3. Calcite

    4. Fluorite

    5. Apatite

    6. Orthoclase

    7. Quartz

    8. Topaz

    9. Corundum

    10. Diamond

    While some minerals can contain water, it's not a defining characteristic for Mohs Hardness.

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