Friedrich Mohs was a German mineralogist, born in 1773 in Gernrode and active in German and Austrian mineralogical institutions until his death in 1839 in Agordo. He created the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, a comparative ten point scale ranking minerals by their ability to scratch one another, which remains the standard field method for estimating a mineral's hardness. He also introduced a classification of crystal forms into crystal systems, developed independently of the parallel classification proposed by Christian Samuel Weiss.
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Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs ( MOHZ, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈmoːs]; 29 January 1773 – 29 September 1839) was a German chemist and mineralogist.
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Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs ( MOHZ, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈmoːs]; 29 January 1773 - 29 September 1839) was a German chemist and mineralogist.
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29 January 1773
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29 September 1839
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Gernrode, Anhalt-Bernburg, Holy Roman Empire
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Agordo
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German chemist and mineralogist
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also known as Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs
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also known as Emanuel Friedrich Carl Christian Mohs
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citizen of Kingdom of Prussia
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born in Gernrode
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