Ko te whatu (hoki: hatu, kōwhatu, kohatu, pōwhatu) he rawa mārō tāpiripiria mai ranu o ētahi kohuke ki hanga nahanaha.[1][2] Ka inea te mārōnga o tētahi whatu me te āwhata Mohs.[3]

Tētahi whatu nui

Ngā tohutoro

takatā
  1. William D. Nesse (2000). Introduction to mineralogy. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195106916. Wh. 3.
  2. "What are minerals?". Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao. 2007. Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato.
  3. "Mohs scale of hardness". Mineralogical Society of America. 1997.