Does any gem other than a diamond cut glass

Question

Does any gem other than a diamond cut glass

Answer 1

Almost all gems will cut glass.  You can find out the hardness of a gem by using the Mohs scale, diamond being the hardest.

Answer 2

Gems with durity greater than 6(Mohs scale) cut glass. That is orthoclase, quartz,  topaz, corundum, diamant.  

Answer 3

ruby

Answer 4

Quartz

Answer 5

This link

http://geology.csupomona.edu/alert/miner...

shows a table that fits glass into the common table of hardnesses like this one

http://www.jjkent.com/articles/table-har...

for gems.

  Note also the comment in the narrative about how easily diamond "cuts" or scratches glass.