Lapis Lazuli

Lapis lazuli is a primary dye color obtained by mining lapis lazuli ore with a stone pickaxe or better. Similar to coal, Redstone and diamond, Lapis Lazuli can be used immediately.



Uses

 * Can be combined with Wool to make Blue Wool
 * Can be applied to sheep, which will yield 2–4 blocks of Blue Wool when shorn.
 * A lapis lazuli block can be formed by filling a crafting grid with 9 dye pieces.

Smelting
This is much less effective than simply breaking the Lapis block, and Lapis ore can be optained using inventory editing software or through a "Silk Touch" enchanted stone/iron/diamond pick.

Rarity and Location
Lapis lazuli has a similar rarity to diamond, but is found in less predictable ranges of layers, thus making it harder to find in predictable patterns. This fosters a belief among some players that lapis lazuli is rarer than diamond. But, due to the fact that destroying a Lapis block with a pickaxe drops Multiple Lapis Dies, only the Ore is as rare as diamond, not Lapis itself.

Trivia

 * In real life, Lapis Lazuli is a medium hard stone used for making jewelry and as a pigment.
 * Lapis Lazuli Dye was going to be an ingredient for the block Crying Obsidian, but the block was never added, nor the recipe.

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