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 a pickaxe 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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