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Minecraft Turn Block of Quartz Back to Quartz

A block of quartz is a mineral block used only for decoration. It can be turned into a chiseled quartz block, quartz pillar,[a] or quartz bricks.

Contents

  • 1 Obtaining
    • 1.1 Breaking
    • 1.2 Natural generation
    • 1.3 Crafting
    • 1.4 Stonecutting
    • 1.5 Trading
  • 2 Usage
    • 2.1 Crafting ingredient
    • 2.2 Stonecutting
    • 2.3 Smelting ingredient
    • 2.4 Note Blocks
  • 3 Sounds
  • 4 Data values
    • 4.1 ID
    • 4.2 Metadata
    • 4.3 Block states
  • 5 History
  • 6 Issues
  • 7 Trivia
  • 8 Gallery
  • 9 See also
  • 10 Notes
  • 11 References

Obtaining [ ]

Breaking [ ]

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

Block Block of Quartz
Chiseled Quartz Block
Quartz Pillar
Quartz Bricks
Hardness 0.8
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 4
Wooden 0.6
Stone 0.3
Iron 0.2
Diamond 0.15
Netherite 0.15
Golden 0.1
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation [ ]

4 quartz blocks generate naturally as part of each bridge bastion remnant.

Crafting [ ]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Block of Quartz Nether Quartz
Chiseled Quartz Block Quartz Slab
Quartz Pillar Block of Quartz


2

Quartz Bricks Block of Quartz


4

Stonecutting [ ]

Name Ingredients Cutting recipe
Chiseled Quartz Block Block of Quartz
Quartz Pillar Block of Quartz
Quartz Bricks Block of Quartz

Trading [ ]

Master-level stone mason villagers have a 50% chance to either sell a block of quartz or a quartz pillar for one emerald as their trade.‌[ Bedrock Edition only ]

Master-level mason villagers sell both a quartz block for one emerald and a quartz pillar for one emerald.‌[ Java Edition only ]

Usage [ ]

Quartz blocks cannot be used to store Nether quartz because they cannot be crafted back into it, unlike other ore blocks. This is completely intentional.[1]

Crafting ingredient [ ]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Quartz Slab Any Quartz Block


6

Quartz Stairs Any Quartz Block


4

Stonecutting [ ]

Ingredients Cutting recipe
Block of Quartz

2

Smelting ingredient [ ]

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Smooth Quartz Block Block of Quartz +
Any fuel



0.1

Note Blocks [ ]

All types of quartz blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds [ ]

Java Edition:

Sound Subtitles Source Description Resource location Translation key Volume Pitch Attenuation
distance
Block broken Blocks Once the block has broken block.stone.break subtitles.block.generic.break 1.0 0.8 16
None [sound 1] Blocks Falling on the block with fall damage block.stone.fall None [sound 1] 0.5 0.75 16
Block breaking Blocks While the block is in the process of being broken block.stone.hit subtitles.block.generic.hit 0.25 0.5 16
Block placed Blocks When the block is placed block.stone.place subtitles.block.generic.place 1.0 0.8 16
Footsteps Blocks Walking on the block block.stone.step subtitles.block.generic.footsteps 0.15 1.0 16
  1. a b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Sound Source Description Resource location Volume Pitch
Blocks Once the block has broken dig.stone 1.0 0.8
Blocks Falling on the block with fall damage fall.stone 0.4 1.0
Blocks While the block is in the process of being broken hit.stone 0.37 0.5
? Blocks Jumping from the block jump.stone 0.12 1.0
? Blocks Falling on the block without fall damage land.stone 0.22 1.0
Blocks Walking on the block step.stone 0.3 1.0
Blocks When the block is placed use.stone 1.0 0.8

Data values [ ]

ID [ ]

Java Edition:

Name Resource location Block tags (JE) Form Translation key
Block of Quartz quartz_block mineable/pickaxe Block & Item block.minecraft.quartz_block
Chiseled Quartz Block chiseled_quartz_block mineable/pickaxe Block & Item block.minecraft.chiseled_quartz_block
Quartz Pillar quartz_pillar mineable/pickaxe Block & Item block.minecraft.quartz_pillar
Quartz Bricks quartz_bricks mineable/pickaxe Block & Item block.minecraft.quartz_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name Resource location Numeric ID Form Translation key
Block of Quartz quartz_block 155 Block & Item tile.quartz_block.default.name
tile.quartz_block.chiseled.name
tile.quartz_block.lines.name
tile.quartz_block.smooth.name
Quartz Bricks quartz_bricks 559 Block & Item tile.quartz_bricks.name

Metadata [ ]

In Bedrock Edition, quartz blocks use the following data values:

DV Description
0 Block of Quartz
1 Chiseled Quartz Block (vertical)
2 Pillar Quartz Block (vertical)
3 Smooth Quartz Block
4 Block of Quartz (east-west)
5 Chiseled Quartz Block (east-west)
6 Pillar Quartz Block (east-west)
7 Smooth Quartz (east-west)
8 Block of Quartz (north-south)
9 Chiseled Quartz Block (north-south)
10 Pillar Quartz Block (north-south)
11 Smooth Quartz (north-south)

Block states [ ]

Quartz Pillar

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
axis y x The pillar is oriented east–west.
y The pillar is oriented vertically.
z The pillar is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
chisel_type default default The main block type.
chiseled The chiseled type.
lines The pillar type.
smooth The smooth type.
pillar_axis y x
y
z
The axis along which the block is oriented. Normally applies only to the pillar type.

History [ ]

Java Edition
January 5, 2013 Jeb tweeted that Nether quartz would be used for more decorative uses as well.
January 7, 2013 Jeb tweeted the first image about the Nether quartz block.
January 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.[2]
1.5 13w02a Block of Quartz JE1 BE1.png Quartz Pillar (UD) JE1 BE1.png Chiseled Quartz Block (UD) JE1 BE1.png Added blocks of quartz.
13w03a Quartz Pillar (EW) JE1 BE1.png Quartz Pillar (NS) JE1 BE1.png Pillar quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.
1.13 17w47a The different block states for the quartz_block ID have been split up into their own IDs.
"Pillar Quartz Block" has been renamed to "Quartz Pillar".
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 155.
1.14 18w43a Block of Quartz JE2 BE2.png Quartz Pillar (UD) JE2.png Chiseled Quartz Block (UD) JE2 BE2.png The textures of all quartz blocks have been changed.
18w50a Quartz Pillar (UD) JE3 BE2.png The texture of quartz pillars has been changed once again.
19w09a Blocks of quartz now use the top texture on the bottom side instead of bottom texture. Changed from Block of Quartz JE2 BE2 (facing NWU).png to Block of Quartz JE3 (facing NWU).png
19w11a Quartz blocks and pillars are now sold by villagers of the new mason profession, making all quartz-based building blocks renewable.
19w13b Block of Quartz JE4 BE2.png The texture of block of quartz has been changed, so it no longer bleeds into smooth quartz.
1.16 20w15a Quartz Bricks JE1 BE1.png Added quartz bricks.
20w16a Quartz Bricks JE2.png The texture of quartz bricks has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
January 15, 2013 Jeb tweeted that he would add nether quartz blocks.
v0.6.0 Block of Quartz JE1 BE1.png Quartz Pillar (UD) JE1 BE1.png Chiseled Quartz Block (UD) JE1 BE1.png Added blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks, chiseled quartz blocks.
Blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks, and chiseled quartz blocks can be used to craft quartz stairs.
Only blocks of quartz are currently craftable in survival.
v0.7.3 Added quartz slabs, which are craftable using quartz blocks in survival.
v0.7.4 Chiseled quartz block and pillar quartz are now craftable in survival.
v0.11.0 build 1 Blocks of quartz can now be used to craft quartz stairs.
v0.12.1 build 4 Quartz Pillar (EW) JE1 BE1.png Quartz Pillar (NS) JE1 BE1.png Pillar quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.
v0.13.0 ? Chiseled Quartz Block (EW) BE1.png Chiseled Quartz Block (NS) BE1.png Chiseled quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.
? Block of Quartz (EW) BE2.png Block of Quartz (NS) BE2.png Rotated versions of blocks of quartz now exist in the game due to how the game handles rotated quartz blocks. (Note that these screenshots do not use the textures that would have been current at the time.)
? Chiseled Quartz Block Axis None BE1.png Quartz Pillar Axis None BE1.png Sides-only versions of chiseled quartz and quartz pillars now exist.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0 beta 1.10.0.3 Block of Quartz JE2 BE2.png Quartz Pillar (UD) JE3 BE2.png Quartz Pillar Axis None BE2.png The textures of blocks of quartz and pillar quartz blocks blocks have been changed.
Pillar quartz blocks are now renewable, due to it is sold by stone mason villagers for 1-2 emeralds.
? Chiseled Quartz Block (EW) BE2.png Chiseled Quartz Block (UD) JE2 BE2.png Chiseled Quartz Block (NS) BE2.png Chiseled Quartz Block Axis None BE2.png The textures of chiseled quartz blocks have been changed.
1.11.0 beta 1.11.0.4 Pillar quartz blocks sold by stonemason villagers now cost one emerald.
beta 1.11.0.3 Chiseled quartz blocks can no longer be placed over the x and z-axis. However, they still exist in the game and are accessible via /setblock.
1.12.0 beta 1.12.0.3 Trading has been changed, master-level stone mason villagers now sell blocks of quartz or pillar quartz.
? Quartz pillars with the side texture on all faces has been removed, and replaced with the y axis-aligned pillar.
1.16.0 beta 1.16.0.57 Quartz Bricks JE1 BE1.png Added quartz bricks.
beta 1.16.0.63 Quartz Bricks JE2.png The texture of quartz bricks has been changed.
1.17.10 beta 1.17.10.20 Block of Quartz JE4 BE2.png The texture of blocks of quartz has been changed to match Java Edition.
Legacy Console Edition
TU14 CU1 1.04 Patch 1 1.0.1 Block of Quartz JE1 BE1.png Quartz Pillar (UD) JE1 BE1.png Chiseled Quartz Block (UD) JE1 BE1.png Added blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks and chiseled quartz blocks.
Blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks, and chiseled quartz blocks are used to craftable quartz stairs and slabs.
1.90 Block of Quartz JE4 BE2.png Quartz Pillar (UD) JE3 BE2.png [ verify ] The textures of blocks of quartz and pillar quartz blocks have been changed.

Issues [ ]

Issues relating to "Block of Quartz", "Quartz Block", "Chiseled Quartz Block", "Pillar Quartz Block", or "Pillar Quartz" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia [ ]

  • 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.

Gallery [ ]

  • The first screenshot released about the quartz block.

  • An example of how quartz blocks can be used to simulate marble or limestone.

  • An example showing how pillar quartz blocks can be placed.

  • The second Redstone Update Pre-release Banner.

  • Formerly all blocks that can be rotated in Bedrock Edition, including both variants of quartz

  • Comparison of regular and smooth quartz underside textures in prior versions of Java and Bedrock edition.

  • An early Pocket Edition comparison of a double quartz slab and a block of quartz, mirroring the 1.14 situation.

See also [ ]

  • Nether Quartz Ore

Notes [ ]

  1. Known as Quartz Pillar in Java Edition and Pillar Quartz Block in Bedrock Edition.

References [ ]

  1. MC-6797
  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_ on Twitter

Minecraft Turn Block of Quartz Back to Quartz

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