Lapis Lazuli

Lapis lazuli is a primary color dye obtained by mining lapis lazuli ore. Similar to coal, emerald, redstone and diamond, lapis lazuli can be used immediately without the need for smelting. It is used for enchanting and to create the lapis lazuli block.

Mining
When mined with a stone pickaxe or better, a block of lapis lazuli ore will drop 4–8 pieces of lapis lazuli. With the Fortune Ⅲ enchantment, a single block has a chance of dropping up to 32 pieces.

Trading
Cleric villagers sell 1–2 lapis lazuli for an emerald as part of their third tier of trades.

Natural generation
Lapis Lazuli can be found inside minecart with chests in abandoned mine shafts in stacks of 4 to 9.

Enchanting
1–3 pieces of lapis lazuli are used to enchant items in an enchantment table.

Trivia

 * In real life, lapis lazuli is a medium hard stone used for making jewelry and as a pigment.

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