Block of Quartz


Obtaining

Blocks of quartz can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.

Block
Block of Quartz


Chiseled Quartz Block


Pillar Quartz Block
Hardness 0.8
Tool
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Hand 4
Wooden 0.65
Stone 0.35
Iron 0.2
Diamond 0.2
Golden 0.1
  1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Info

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A block of quartz is a mineral block See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1 minecraft used only for decoration.

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Trivia

  • Because of the low blast resistance of regular quartz blocks, it may be preferable to use two quartz slabs when making fortifications using quartz.
  • Unlike other mineral blocks, it is impossible to craft quartz blocks into nether quartz, so it is not possible to use quartz blocks as storage for nether quartz.

Crafting

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe
Block of Quartz Nether Quartz











Chiseled Quartz Block Quartz Slab











Pillar Quartz Block Block of Quartz

Usage

Chiseled Pocket⃂edition only Pocket Edition Author(s) Mojang AB Jens Bergensten Aron Nieminen Daniel Kaplan Tommaso Checchi Shoghi Cervantes Jason Major Daniel Wustenhoff Tomas Alaeus Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg @@@#@@@Microsoft(microsoft.com)###@### Studios 1] Platform(s) Written in C++ 2] Latest version 1.1.2 minecraft and pillar quartz blocks are orientable like logs.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe
Quartz Slab Any Quartz Block Block of Quartz Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 155 hex: 9B bin: 10011011 Name quartz_block See the solid Blocks of minecraft
Quartz Stairs Stairs Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Sandstone, Quartz, Red Sandstone: 4 Tools Renewable Cobblestone, Stone Brick, Wood, Purpur: Yes All others: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wood: Yes minecraft Any Quartz Block Block of Quartz Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 155 hex: 9B bin: 10011011 Name quartz_block See the solid Blocks of minecraft

Block data

See also: Data values
DV Description

0 Block of Quartz

1 Chiseled Quartz Block

2 Pillar Quartz Block (vertical)

3 Pillar Quartz Block (north-south)

4 Pillar Quartz Block (east-west)

Block state

See also: Block states
Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Value Description

variant
default
Block of Quartz
chiseled
Chiseled Quartz Block
lines_x
Pillar Quartz Block (east–west)
lines_y
Pillar Quartz Block (vertical)
lines_z
Pillar Quartz Block (north–south)

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History

Official release
1.5 Jan. 5, 2013 Jeb tweeted that nether quartz would be used for more decorative uses as well.
Jan. 7, 2013 Jeb tweeted the first image about the nether quartz block.
Jan. 9, 2013 Jeb released the textures for snapshot 13w02a early, which included the textures for the nether quartz block. This revealed there would be at least three variants: The standard block, a lines variant, and a chiseled variant. There are 7 textures for the blocks.
13w02a Blocks of quartz were added to the game.
13w03a Pillar quartz blocks can be placed sideways.
1.9 15w47a Pillar quartz block now has 3 block states, lines_x, lines_y and lines_z, where it previously just had 1 state, lines.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Jan. 15, 2013 Jeb tweeted that he would add nether quartz blocks.
0.6.0 Added block of quartz, pillar quartz block, chiseled quartz block and quartz stairs, however only blocks of quartz are craftable in survival
0.7.3 Added quartz slabs. They are craftable in Survival.
0.7.4 Chiseled quartz block and pillar quartz craftable in survival.
0.11.0 build 1 Can now be used to craft quartz stairs.
0.12.1 build 4 Pillar quartz blocks can be placed sideways.
? Chiseled quartz blocks can be placed sideways.
Console Edition
TU14 CU1 1.04 Patch 1 Added block of quartz, pillar quartz block and chiseled quartz block, along with craftable quartz stairs and slabs.

Issues

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Crafting

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