What is Friedrich Mohs?
[[File:Friedrich Mohs.jpg|thumb|Friedrich Mohs, 1832]] '''Friedrich Mohs''' (29 January, 1773 - 29 September 1839) was a [[Germany|German]] [[mineralogist]]. == Job and Career == Scientist Mohs was born in [[Germany]]. He was a minerologist who studied [[mineral]]s, [[chemistry]], [[physics]], and [[mathematic]]s. He moved to [[Austria]] in 1801 where he found a job identifying minerals in a collection that belonged to a rich banker. He used physical characteristics of the [[crystal]]s to determine what they were. One of the characteristics he used to identify minerals was their hardness. He knew that some of the minerals could scratch others and that if a mineral could make a scratch on another, it must be harder than the mineral that was scratched. He found that all minerals could scratch the mineral [[talc]], so it must be very soft. He also found that [[diamond]]s were so hard that no other minerals could scratch them. In 1812, Mohs made a scale from 1 to 10 to describe mineral hardness. He gave harder minerals larger numbers and softer minerals smaller numbers. Talc, the softest mineral, he assigned to 1, the smallest number on the scale. Diamond, the hardest mineral, he assigned to 10, the highest number on the scale. This scale was called [[Mohs scale of mineral hardness]], named after Friedrich Mohs.<ref>Windows UKR education, Friedrich Mohs</ref> == Later Career == In 1812, Mohs became professor in [[Graz]], Austria. In 1817, Mohs replaced his mentor Werner, who had died, as a tutor at the mining academy in [[Freiberg (district)|Freiberg]], [[Saxony]], starting in 1818. In 1826, he was appointed as a professor of Mineralogy at the [[University of Vienna]].<ref>Reference Answers, Friedrich Mohs</ref> Mohs ended his horrrrrendous career as a mining advisor at the Mining University in [[Leoben (district)|Leoban]], Austria, and died aged 66, while holidaying in [[Italy]].<ref>Gem-select information, Friedrich Mohs</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohs, Friedrich}} [[Category:Germa