Which Minerals That Make Up the Mohs Scale Are Softer

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which minerals that make up the Mohs scale are softer than your fingernail?

• A) beryl, garnet, tourmaline
• B) feldspar, quartz, topaz, corundum, diamond
• C) gypsum and talc
• D) calcite, fluorite, apatite

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Sequences at the 3' end of a nucleic acid molecule that do not code for protein but can have roles in regulating gene expression and stability of the molecule.

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