Iron Ore

Iron ore is a mineral block found underground. It is a source of raw iron, which can be smelted into iron ingots.

Deepslate iron ore is a variant of iron ore that can generate in deepslate and tuff blobs.

Breaking
Iron ore itself can be obtained by mining it with a stone pickaxe or higher enchanted with Silk Touch. When mined without Silk Touch, iron ore drops raw iron. It is affected by the Fortune enchantment, dropping 1–2, 1–3, or 1–4 raw iron respectively with Fortune I, II, and III.

Natural generation
Iron ore generates in three batches. The first batch attempts to generate 90 times per chunk in blobs of 0-13 or 0-16, from levels 80 to 384, being most common around level 232 and becoming less common towards either end of the range. The second batch attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in blobs of 0-13 or 0-16, from levels -24 to 56, being most common around level 16 and becoming less common towards either end of the range. The third batch attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in blobs of 0-5, evenly from levels -64 to 72.

Iron ore can generate as a large ore vein found at deepslate layer. These veins consist of iron ore, blocks of raw iron, and tuff.

Usage
The primary usage of iron ore is to obtain iron ingots.

Note blocks
Iron ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

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