The confectionery geology program's flagship teaching aid: ten labeled lollipops representing the Mohs scale, each printed with its mineral namesake and real hardness facts. The Committee certifies the educational content but makes no warranty regarding lollipop number ten. Complies with the Confectionery Specimen Handling and Allergen Standard.
Pedagogical notes
Each lollipop is printed with its namesake mineral and that mineral's genuine properties, so the sugar delivers a real lesson: students who can recite "talc, gypsum, calcite…" because of a candy wrapper are students the program counts as wins. Number ten remains, in the committee's careful phrasing, aspirational.