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 Sclerometer - Definition 

The sclerometer (from the Greek skleros meaning "hard") is a mineralogist's (usually) instrument used to measure the hardness of materials.

The instrument is designed to determine the degree of hardness of a given mineral by applying pressure on a moving diamond point until a "scratch" has occurred.

Methods of hardness testing:

  • Turner's Sclerometer
  • Shore's Scleroscope
  • Brinell's Test
  • Keep's Test

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