Amethyst Shard

An amethyst shard is a crystal obtained from mining a fully grown amethyst cluster.

Mining
An amethyst cluster mined using a non-Silk Touch, non-Fortune pickaxe drops 4 amethyst shards. When mined using any other tool, item or mechanism (such as explosions or pistons) it drops 2 shards. The maximum amount of amethyst shards dropped can be increased with Fortune. Fortune I gives a $1/3$ chance for eight shards, averaging 5.33 shards; Fortune II gives a 25% chance (each) to give eight or 12 shards, averaging 7 shards, and Fortune III gives a 20% chance (each) to give 8, 12, or 16 shards, averaging 8.9 shards.

If the amethyst cluster in any of its growth stages is mined using any tool enchanted with Silk Touch, it will drop itself rather than amethyst shards.

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Trivia

 * Although amethyst is a variety of quartz, like Nether quartz, the two resources are not interchangeable.

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