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This article is about the block. For the terrain feature that is made up of ores, see Ore (feature). For other, see Ore (disambiguation). For the blackstone block mistakenly called an ore, see Gilded Blackstone. For the mineral commonly mistaken as an ore, see Block of Amethyst.

An ore is any uncommon rock-type block used to obtain specific resources.

Ore
👁 Invicon Coal Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Coal Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Coal Ore
👁 Invicon Iron Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Iron Ore
👁 Invicon Copper Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Ore
👁 Invicon Gold Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Ore
👁 Invicon Redstone Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Redstone Ore
👁 Invicon Emerald Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Emerald Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Emerald Ore
👁 Invicon Lapis Lazuli Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Lapis Lazuli Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lapis Lazuli Ore
👁 Invicon Diamond Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Coal Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Coal Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Deepslate Coal Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Iron Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Iron Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Deepslate Iron Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Copper Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Copper Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Deepslate Copper Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Gold Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Gold Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Deepslate Gold Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Redstone Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Redstone Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Deepslate Redstone Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Emerald Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Emerald Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Deepslate Emerald Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Diamond Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Diamond Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Deepslate Diamond Ore
Renewable No
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool 👁 SlotSprite Pickaxe Required.png: Sprite image for Pickaxe Required in Minecraft
Blast resistance
  • 3
  • Ancient Debris: 1200
Hardness
  • Normal, Quartz and Nether Gold: 3
  • Deepslate: 4.5
  • Ancient Debris: 30
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava
No
Map color
Note block instrument Bass Drum
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 "Deepslate Coal Ore",
 "Deepslate Iron Ore",
 "Deepslate Copper Ore",
 "Deepslate Gold Ore",
 "Deepslate Redstone Ore",
 "Deepslate Emerald Ore",
 "Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore",
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 "Coal Ore.png",
 "Deepslate Coal Ore.png",
 "Iron Ore.png",
 "Deepslate Iron Ore.png",
 "Copper Ore.png",
 "Deepslate Copper Ore.png",
 "Gold Ore.png",
 "Deepslate Gold Ore.png",
 "Nether Gold Ore.png",
 "Redstone Ore.png",
 "Deepslate Redstone Ore.png",
 "Emerald Ore.png",
 "Deepslate Emerald Ore.png",
 "Lapis Lazuli Ore.png",
 "Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore.png",
 "Diamond Ore.png",
 "Deepslate Diamond Ore.png",
 "Nether Quartz Ore.png",
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Usage

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Ores isolated down to bedrock

Ore blocks are primarily collected for their resources, which are used for crafting items, such as tools, weapons, armor, and redstone circuits. The resource can also be combined to create a block of the material's type.

Most ores drop their resource when mined, and require a Silk Touch pickaxe to drop themselves.

The average yield of any of the ores in the list above can be increased by using a pickaxe with Fortune.

Ancient debris drops itself when mined and must be smelted to obtain netherite scrap.

Smelting ingredient

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Ingredients Smelting recipe
Any ore + Any fuel
👁 Invicon Coal Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Coal Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal Ore with description: Coal Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Coal Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Coal Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Coal Ore with description: Deepslate Coal Ore
👁 Invicon Iron Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ore with description: Iron Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Iron Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Iron Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Iron Ore with description: Deepslate Iron Ore
👁 Invicon Copper Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ore with description: Copper Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Copper Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Copper Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Copper Ore with description: Deepslate Copper Ore
👁 Invicon Lapis Lazuli Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Lapis Lazuli Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lapis Lazuli Ore with description: Lapis Lazuli Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore with description: Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
👁 Invicon Gold Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ore with description: Gold Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Gold Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Gold Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Gold Ore with description: Deepslate Gold Ore
👁 Invicon Redstone Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Ore with description: Redstone Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Redstone Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Redstone Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Redstone Ore with description: Deepslate Redstone Ore
👁 Invicon Diamond Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond Ore with description: Diamond Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Diamond Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Diamond Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Diamond Ore with description: Deepslate Diamond Ore
👁 Invicon Emerald Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Emerald Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Emerald Ore with description: Emerald Ore
👁 Invicon Deepslate Emerald Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Emerald Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Emerald Ore with description: Deepslate Emerald Ore
👁 Invicon Nether Quartz Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Quartz Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Quartz Ore with description: Nether Quartz Ore
👁 Invicon Nether Gold Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Gold Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Gold Ore with description: Nether Gold Ore
👁 Invicon Ancient Debris.png: Inventory sprite for Ancient Debris in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ancient Debris with description: Ancient Debris

👁 Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal
👁 Invicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: Charcoal
👁 Invicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: Log
👁 Invicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld Planks
👁 Invicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava Bucket
👁 Invicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal

👁 Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal
👁 Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal
👁 Invicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron Ingot
👁 Invicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron Ingot
👁 Invicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper Ingot
👁 Invicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper Ingot
👁 Invicon Lapis Lazuli.png: Inventory sprite for Lapis Lazuli in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lapis Lazuli with description: Lapis Lazuli
👁 Invicon Lapis Lazuli.png: Inventory sprite for Lapis Lazuli in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lapis Lazuli with description: Lapis Lazuli
👁 Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
👁 Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
👁 Invicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone Dust
👁 Invicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone Dust
👁 Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: Diamond
👁 Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: Diamond
👁 Invicon Emerald.png: Inventory sprite for Emerald in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Emerald with description: Emerald
👁 Invicon Emerald.png: Inventory sprite for Emerald in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Emerald with description: Emerald
👁 Invicon Nether Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Quartz with description: Nether Quartz
👁 Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
👁 Invicon Netherite Scrap.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Scrap in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Scrap with description: Netherite Scrap
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Ores can be smelted faster using a blast furnace.

It is not efficient to mine with Silk Touch and then smelt an ore block that normally drops multiple pieces of its resource, because smelting these ores yields less experience and only 1 piece of the resource. Nether gold ore is the only exception, as each ore block drops an average of 8.8 gold nuggets even when mined with Fortune III, which is less than a guaranteed gold ingot obtained from smelting the ore obtained using Silk Touch.

Distribution

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Main article: Ore (feature)

The following is the distribution of ores according to the altitude (layers are number of blocks above the lowest layer of bedrock) in the Overworld and the Nether. For detailed generation, see Ore (feature).

Overworld

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For the pre-1.17 ore distribution, see Ore/Pre-1.17 distribution.
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For the 1.17 ore distribution, see Ore/Pre-1.18 distribution.
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Coal
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Copper
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Lapis Lazuli
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Iron
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Gold
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Redstone
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Diamond
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Emerald
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Wooden
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Stone
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Iron
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Dripstone
Caves
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Badlands
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Meadow

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Cherry Grove

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Grove

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Snowy Slopes

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Jagged Peaks

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Frozen Peaks

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Stony Peaks

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Windswept Hills

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Windswept Gravelly Hills

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Windswept Forest
Abundance Very common Common Very common Rare Common Rare Common Uncommon Very rare Uncommon
Total range 0 to 320 -16 to 112 -64 to 64 -64 to 72

80 to 320

-64 to 32 -64 to 256 -64 to 16 -64 to 16 -16 to 320
Most found in layers[f] 45 43 -2 14 -18 32 to 256 -59 -59 85
None at layers -64 to -1 -64 to -17 and 113 to 320 65 to 320 73 to 79 33 to 320 257 to 320 16 to 320 16 to 320 -64 to -17

The Nether

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Nether Quartz
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Nether Gold
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Ancient Debris
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Raw resource 👁 Image
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Minimum pickaxe
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Wooden
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Diamond
Found in biome Any Nether biome
Abundance Very common Common Very rare
Most found in layers[f] 114 16[g]
Commonly up to layers 120 95 23
Rare on layers 123-125 96-116 22-119
None at or above 128 117 120
  1. a b This refers to ore blocks spawned in blobs and not as parts of fossils.
  2. Instead of multi-block blobs, emerald ore is placed in scattered blocks.
  3. Deepslate and its ore variants only generate under layer 8.
  4. Copper ore blobs generate in larger sizes in this biome.
  5. Gold ore has increased frequency in this biome.
  6. a b This is based on data acquired from real world generation. Maximum values in world generation data files are different because in actual generation, terrain and features might prevent ores from spawning.
  7. Unlike most other ores, ancient debris' frequency peaks at layer 16, and quickly tapers off above and below.

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009Notch shows interest in adding ores. Originally, only iron ore was planned.
0.0.14aMay 23, 2009Added coal ore, iron ore, and gold ore. They can be found in veins of 200 on average.
releaseOres could be found exposed only in amounts ranging from roughly 10 to 30 in a blob.
0.26 SURVIVAL TESTMining an ore now gives the corresponding block of it.
Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128-2200Added diamond ore.
20100201-2227Ores can no longer be mined without a pickaxe.
Java Edition Infdev
20100320Random ores are now placed randomly around the world.
20100327Ores now replace stone upon a world reload.
20100330The change of replacing stone upon a world reload has been reverted.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1Added redstone ore.
Java Edition Beta
1.2Added lapis lazuli ore.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4Coal, lapis lazuli, redstone, and diamond ore now also drop as ore blocks with Silk Touch.
May 21, 2012Jeb released a screenshot of himself testing the trading system,[2] showcasing ruby ore.[3]
1.3.112w21aAdded emerald ore, which replaced Ruby ore.
12w22aAll ores (except iron and gold) now drop experience points when mined.
1.513w01aAdded nether quartz ore.
1.1620w06aAdded ancient debris.
20w11aAdded nether gold ore.
20w12aNether gold ore now drops gold nuggets instead of itself.
October 3, 2020Copper ore is revealed at Minecraft Live 2020.
1.1720w45aAdded copper ore.
February 17, 2021Henrik Kniberg showcases deepslate (then grimstone) variants of Overworld ore.
21w08aAdded deepslate iron ore, deepslate gold ore, deepslate diamond ore, deepslate redstone ore, and deepslate lapis lazuli ore.
21w10aAdded deepslate coal ore, deepslate emerald ore, and deepslate copper ore. They do not generate in Survival mode as they are intended for usage by map makers and datapack creators.
Fossils that generate below Y=0 now generate with deepslate diamond ore.
21w14aIf iron, gold and copper ores are broken without Silk Touch, they drop raw metal instead.
21w16aDeepslate emerald ore now generates naturally.
Added ore veins in the prototype data pack, which contain copper ore and deepslate iron ore.
21w17aDeepslate coal ore and deepslate copper ore now generate naturally.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Deepslate emerald ore and deepslate coal ore no longer generate naturally.
21w40aDeepslate emerald ore can now generate naturally, again.
21w44aDeepslate coal ore can now generate naturally, again.
1.20.223w31aIncreased the generate amount of diamond ore below Y=0.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0Added coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, and lapis lazuli ore.
v0.3.0Coal ore now drops coal.
Lapis lazuli ore now drops lapis lazuli.
v0.3.2Diamond ore now drops a diamond.
Iron and gold ores are now smeltable into ingots.
v0.8.0build 1Redstone ore now drops redstone dust.
v0.9.0build 1Added emerald ore.
v0.12.1build 1Added nether quartz ore.
Mining ores now gives experience.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Added ancient debris.
beta 1.16.0.57Added nether gold ore.
1.16.210
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.210.57Added copper ore.
1.16.220
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.220.52Copper ore is no longer randomly rotated.
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.230.52Added deepslate coal ore, deepslate copper ore, deepslate iron ore, deepslate gold ore, deepslate diamond ore, deepslate redstone ore, deepslate lapis lazuli ore, and deepslate emerald ore
Ore is generated as normal, when the ore is generated where Deepslate has been generated, deepslate ore is generated instead.
beta 1.17.0.50If iron, gold and copper ores are broken without Silk Touch, they drop raw metal instead.
1.17.0beta 1.17.0.52Copper ore, alongside deepslate ore variants are no longer available only in experimental gameplay.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, and lapis lazuli ore.
TU7All ores (except iron and gold) now drop experience points when mined.
TU141.04Added emerald ore and nether quartz ore.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 1320 additional blobs of gold ore now generate in mesa biomes between Y=32 and Y=79.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Added coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, lapis lazuli ore, emerald ore, and nether quartz ore.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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  • Since it is exclusive to only two categories of Overworld biomes (mountains and windswept hills), emerald ore is actually rarer than ancient debris per chunk.
  • The texture of ores were changed in 1.17 to make them distinct for color blind players.[4]

Gallery

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Screenshots

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Mojang screenshots

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Caves and Cliffs development

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References

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  1. https://github.com/Parcival791/DistribHelperTxt
  2. "... and this is why I'm playing with Testificates: (work in progress, as usual)"@jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), May 21, 2012
  3. snapshot 12w21a/b lang/en_US.lang: tile.oreRuby.name=Ruby Ore
  4. "Adjusted the new ores. If you are color blind, please give feedback - and state what kind of color blindness you have :)"@JasperBoerstra (Jasper Boerstra) on X (formerly Twitter), February 18, 2021

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