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For the removed variants with no model, see Invalid data value Block of Quartz.
Block of Quartz
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool πŸ‘ Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 0.8
Hardness 0.8
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava
No
Map color
 14 QUARTZ
Note block instrument Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype Slow Bouncy
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A block of quartz, internally known as a quartz block, is a mineral block used for decoration. It can be turned into a quartz slab, chiseled quartz block, quartz pillar, quartz bricks, or smooth quartz block.

Obtaining

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Breaking

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

  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking Β§ Speed.

Natural generation

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Four quartz blocks generate naturally as part of each bridge in the bastion remnant.

Crafting

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Ingredients Crafting recipe
Nether Quartz

Trading

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VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock
Villager
experience
Price
multiplier
JEBE
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Mason
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Master
100%50%πŸ‘ Image
Emerald
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12300.05

Usage

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Quartz blocks cannot be used to store Nether quartz because they cannot be crafted back into it, unlike blocks made from other ores.[1]

Crafting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Quartz Bricks
Quartz Pillar
Quartz Slab Any Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar

πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Slab.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Slab in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Slab with description: Quartz Slab
6
β€Œ[Java Edition only]
Quartz Slab β€Œ[Bedrock Edition only]
Quartz Stairs Any Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar

πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Stairs with description: Quartz Stairs
4
β€Œ[Java Edition only]
Quartz Stairs
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz

πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Stairs with description: Quartz Stairs
4
β€Œ[Bedrock Edition only]

Stonecutting ingredient

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Ingredients Cutting recipe
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Slab.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Slab in Minecraft as shown in-game
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Slab.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Slab in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Slab with description: Quartz Slab
2
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Stairs with description: Quartz Stairs
πŸ‘ Invicon Chiseled Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Quartz Block with description: Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Pillar.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Pillar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Pillar with description: Quartz Pillar
πŸ‘ Invicon Quartz Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Quartz Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Quartz Bricks with description: Quartz Bricks

Smelting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Smooth Quartz Block  +
Any fuel
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Quartz.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Quartz in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Quartz

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

πŸ‘ Invicon Smooth Quartz Block.png: Inventory sprite for Smooth Quartz Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Smooth Quartz Block with description: Smooth Quartz Block
0.1

Sounds

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Java Edition:

πŸ‘ BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft
stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

πŸ‘ BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft
stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
πŸ‘ BlockSprite block-of-quartz.png: Sprite image for block-of-quartz in Minecraft
Block of Quartz
quartz_blockBlock & Itemmineable/pickaxe block.minecraft.quartz_block

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
πŸ‘ BlockSprite block-of-quartz.png: Sprite image for block-of-quartz in Minecraft
Block of Quartz
quartz_blockquartz_block / 0155Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.quartz_block.default.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

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See also: Block states

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
pillar_axis0x4
0x8
y x1The quartz block is oriented east–west.
y0The quartz block is oriented vertically.
z2The quartz block is oriented north–south.

Videos

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History

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Development

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January 5, 2013Jeb tweeted that Nether quartz would be used for decorative purposes.
January 7, 2013Jeb tweeted the first image about the Nether quartz block.
January 9, 2013Jeb 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.[2]
January 15, 2013Jeb tweeted that he would add Nether quartz blocks on Pocket Edition.[3]

Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.513w02aπŸ‘ Image
Added blocks of quartz.
1.1418w43aπŸ‘ Image
The textures of blocks of quartz have been changed.
Smooth quartz can now be obtained by smelting blocks of quartz.
19w09aBlocks of quartz now use the top texture on the bottom side instead of bottom texture. Changed from πŸ‘ Image
to πŸ‘ Image
19w11aQuartz blocks are now sold by villagers of the new mason profession, making all quartz-based building blocks renewable.
19w13bπŸ‘ Image
The texture of block of quartz has been changed, so it no longer bleeds into smooth quartz.
26.2snap1Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb block of quartz, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
snap6Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0πŸ‘ Image
Added blocks of quartz.
Blocks of quartz can be used to craft quartz stairs.
Only blocks of quartz are currently craftable in survival.
v0.7.3Added quartz slabs, which are craftable using quartz blocks in survival.
v0.11.0build 1Blocks of quartz can now be used to craft quartz stairs.
v0.12.1build 4πŸ‘ Image
Changed the model of regular blocks of quartz.
πŸ‘ Image
πŸ‘ Image
Blocks of quartz can now be placed sideways.
build 9πŸ‘ Image
πŸ‘ Image
πŸ‘ Image
Reverted the model change to regular blocks of quartz.
Regular quartz blocks can no longer be placed sideways.[4]
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Smooth quartz can now be obtained by smelting regular blocks of quartz.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3πŸ‘ Image
πŸ‘ Image
πŸ‘ Image
The textures of blocks of quartz have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Master-level stone mason villagers have a 50% chance to sell a block of quartz for one emerald as their trade.
1.12.0beta 1.12.0.3Trading has been changed, master-level stone mason villagers now sell blocks of quartz.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.20πŸ‘ Image
The texture of blocks of quartz has been changed to match Java Edition.
1.18.30?Trading has been changed; quartz blocks are now sold by mason villagers in the same way as Java Edition.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026
Preview 26.20.23Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb quartz blocks, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
Preview 26.30.27Blocks of quartz's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU14CU11.041.001.00Patch 11.0.1πŸ‘ Image
Added blocks of quartz.
Blocks of quartz can now be used to craft quartz stairs and slabs.
1.90 πŸ‘ Image
[verify] The textures of blocks of quartz have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0πŸ‘ Image
Added blocks of quartz.

Data history

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the quartz_block ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 155. The numerical metadata variants of minecraft:quartz_block were as follows:
DV Description
πŸ‘ BlockSprite block-of-quartz.png: Sprite image for block-of-quartz in Minecraft
0
πŸ‘ BlockSprite chiseled-quartz-block.png: Sprite image for chiseled-quartz-block in Minecraft
1 Chiseled Quartz Block
πŸ‘ BlockSprite quartz-pillar.png: Sprite image for quartz-pillar in Minecraft
2 Quartz Pillar (up-down)
πŸ‘ BlockSprite quartz-pillar-horizontal.png: Sprite image for quartz-pillar-horizontal in Minecraft
3 Quartz Pillar (east-west)
πŸ‘ BlockSprite quartz-pillar-top.png: Sprite image for quartz-pillar-top in Minecraft
4 Quartz Pillar (north-south)
πŸ‘ BlockSprite block-of-quartz.png: Sprite image for block-of-quartz in Minecraft
5

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.21.20Preview 1.21.20.22The different chisel type block states for the quartz_block ID have been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Block of Quartz" or "Quartz Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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  • Because of the low blast resistance of regular quartz blocks, it may be preferable to use two quartz slabs or smooth quartz blocks when making fortifications using quartz, as their blast resistance is higher than the other quartz block variants.
  • In real life, a 1-cubic-meter block of quartz (the size of a Minecraft block) is practically harder than the real life block of iron, while the hardness of a block of quartz in Minecraft is quite low.

Gallery

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Screenshots

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Mojang screenshots

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In other media

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References

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  1. ↑ MC-6797 β€“ resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ "I wrote info about future texture packs on the wiki. I'm not giving you the link, because then you'll just click on it all at once ;(" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), January 9, 2013
  3. ↑ "Some new blocks for creative mode on Pocket Edition: i.imgur.com/fSQbi.png" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), January 15, 2013
    http://i.imgur.com/fSQbi.png
  4. ↑ MCPE-10163 β€“ Quartz can be placed sideways. β€“ resolved as "Fixed".
  5. ↑ "Minecraft Meetup at the Blockholm Exhibition" (Archive) by Jens Bergensten – Mojang, April 9, 2014.

External links

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Navigation

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