Stone Bricks

Stone bricks and the variants Cracked stone bricks,  Mossy stone bricks, and  Chiseled stone bricks are materials found in structures such as strongholds, igloo basements, jungle temples, and ocean ruins.

Smooth stone bricks are a fifth variant exclusive to Bedrock Edition which cannot be found naturally and are only accessible via commands.

Obtaining
Stone bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Stone bricks can also be obtained by mining their respective infested blocks with Silk Touch

Trading
Apprentice-level stone mason villagers sell 4 chiseled stone bricks for one emerald as part of their trades.

Apprentice-level stone mason villagers have a 25% ($1/4$) chance to sell 4 chiseled stone bricks for one emerald as part of their trades.

Natural generation
Regular stone bricks, as well as occasional cracked and mossy stone bricks, generate as part of strongholds, making up most of the walls, ceilings, and floors. They can also generate as part of Ocean Ruins. Igloo basements are lined with stone bricks.

Usage
As stone bricks offer no real advantage over stone or cobblestone, their main use is for decoration.

Silverfish
Silverfish have the ability to enter and hide in any variant of stone bricks, creating an infested block of the corresponding type.

ID




Block data
$$, stone bricks use the following data values:

Trivia

 * Strangely, when smelting cobblestone blocks, the cracked form of stone, they turn into stone without cracks. Yet, when smelting stone bricks without cracks, they turn into a cracked variant. This could be a reference to two different processes: how rocks expand when heated, and causing fractures, which could make the stone bricks crack; or simply melting the cobblestone so it reforms into igneous stone.