List of minerals

The entries on this alphabetized list of minerals all are blocks and items in the game that share a name with real-world minerals.


 * – an Overworld variety of quartz found in amethyst geodes
 * – a carbonate mineral that encases amethyst geodes
 * – an electrically conductive metal used in lightning rods
 * – a crystal of pure carbon that's the second hardest material players can use for tools
 * – a gemstone valued in villages
 * – frozen, crystalline water
 * – a moderately hard and durable metal used for tools that are better than stone
 * – an ultrarare material that's harder than diamond, found only in the Nether
 * – a Nether variety of quartz used as an ornamental block or for special redstone components
 * – deposits that useful minerals can be extracted from
 * – sky-fallen snowflakes (microscopic water crystals)

Minerals are not rocks, in the way that materials are not buildings. Minerals are crystalline, and rocks are collections of minerals. For a list of rocks in Minecraft, see rocks.