Red Sandstone

Red Sandstone is a new block introduced in the Minecraft snapshot 14w32a.

Obtaining
Sandstone normally appears at the lowest levels of sandy areas (deserts, beachs, etc.) and supports the sand above it, but if a lake is generated in that same volume, it may carve away the sandstone and result in volumes of unsupported sand which will collapse if disturbed. The sandstone layer in sandy biomes forms "stalactites" on the bottom, which penetrate the stone below or hang down into caves. If the player spawns in a desert in a survival mode game, the sand to craft sandstone will be readily obtainable for the player to build a shelter with.

Placed sandstone can be harvested with any pickaxe. Breaking a sandstone block by hand destroys the block but drops nothing for the player to pick up; it takes slightly longer to mine it with bare hands than with a wooden pickaxe.

Trivia
Not all blocks are similar to their original counterparts. The design of the Chiseled Red Sandstone shows a Wither, but the Chiseled Sandstone is a Creeper face.