Coal Ore

Description	Stone Coal Ore: A chunk of coal embedded in stone.; Basalt Coal Ore: A chunk of coal embedded in basalt.; Limestone Coal Ore: A chunk of coal embedded in limestone.; Granite Coal Ore: A chunk of coal embedded in granite.
Hardness	3
Tool(s)
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)

This feature is available in the vanilla version of Minecraft.
It has its own article in the Minecraft Wiki.

Coal ore is a block that drops coal when mined.

Variants of coal ore include Stone Coal Ore, Basalt Coal Ore, Limestone Coal Ore and Granite Coal Ore.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Coal ore deposits can generate underground, replacing stone, basalt, limestone and granite. Coal ore can also be found uncovered in caves and mountains.

Mining

Coal can be obtained by mining coal ore with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. If mined with a golden pickaxe, it drops itself.

Usage

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Coal	Any Coal Ore

Note block

Any variant of coal ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Data values

Name	Type	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Stone Coal Ore	Block	`tile.ore.coal.stone`	`350:0`
Basalt Coal Ore	Block	`tile.ore.coal.basalt`	`351:0`
Limestone Coal Ore	Block	`tile.ore.coal.limestone`	`352:0`
Granite Coal Ore	Block	`tile.ore.coal.granite`	`353:0`

History

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