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 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 40 times per chunk in blobs of 0-13, from levels 128 to 320, being most common around level 255 and becoming less common towards either end of the range. The second batch attempts to generate 6 times per chunk in blobs of 0-13, from levels -24 to 54, being most common around level 15 and becoming less common towards either end of the range. The third batch attempts to generate 3 times per chunk in blobs of 0-5, evenly from levels -63 to 64.

$$, iron ore can generate as an ore vein.

$$, iron ore also attempts to generate 40 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-10, from levels 128 to 256 within any type of mountains biome. It becomes more common as the y-level increases.

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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