How to determine the hardness of turquoise

In this video Our turquoise guy Shep is going to show you how to to a hardness test using the scratch method.
More Info here: tskies.com/what-is-turquoise-...
This is an accurate test but please be warned this test can damage a stone so please understand that you can cause permanent damage.
What is turquoise hardness? Hardness is basically scratch ability or the ability for a stone to be scratched. The harder the stone the more valuable it is.
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[@irfansiddiqui512]

Finally something informative about this 💎

[@andreidragomirdragomir5796]

Excellent.
Thank you very much!

[@MrSoarman]

thanks, learned a lot............

[@fariborzsohrabi]

Thnks dude ... great

[@gilsmith3050]

Very helpful

[@MegaZidzid]

What everyday metal could be equivalent for those scratching tools?

[@anthonyromero5479]

Is that cerillos?

[@avamiscelano]

so is normal for real turqoise when scratched, get sort of this white powdery? thanks.

[@knickknacknona1nonaknowsbe46]

Hello can you please tell me where you purchased your test scratch kit?

[@Tskies]

I got this one on Amazon

[@shaunwebb6406]

Now I know
Thanks 🙏 Shaun

[@alikazmi9713]

good

[@abdolhoseindadgostar4621]

Good very cood

[@RDCards]

A£Ho! thanks for sharing

[@mathewshepardson6686]

Thank you

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

Ok so I probably have a turquoise stone but stabilized. It looked just like your low quality stone when I scratch with some small scissors.

[@trptrungblogs]

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[@Ensoniqdude]

So the method of testing turquoise is to scratch the stone with a variety of metal tools until you screw up at least one side of the stone.....ok....got it!