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 | |
- ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Info
 | “ | Oh, come on. You`re not fooling anyone. We know you didn`t build your palace out of Nether Quartz because you think it looks good – you`re just humblebragging that you`ve been to the Nether, mined the place rotten for Nether Quartz ore, and then got back alive. Alive and smug. Now we have to live next to your magnificent palace made of quartz in our hut made of dirt. Grumble grumble... | „ |
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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 
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  | 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  recipe |
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| Block of Quartz | Nether Quartz | |
| Chiseled Quartz Block | Quartz Slab | |
| Pillar Quartz Block | Block of Quartz |
Usage
Chiseled Pocketedition 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 
and pillar quartz blocks are orientable like logs.
Crafting ingredient
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 | 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 | |||||
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| 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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Gallery
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The first screenshot released about the nether quartz block.
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An example of how quartz blocks can be used to simulate marble or limestone.
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An example showing how nether pillar quartz blocks can be placed.
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The second Redstone Update Pre-release Banner
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All blocks that can be rotated in Pocket Edition, including both variants of quartz
