Emerald Ore

Emerald ore is the rarest mineral block in the game. It drops emerald when mined.

Natural generation
Emerald ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Emerald ore attempts to generate 11 times per chunk in veins of size 1, from altitudes 0 to 32, within one of the following biomes, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by one of these biomes:



From block loot
The emerald ore block itself (rather than its emerald drops) can be obtained by mining it with an iron or diamond pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment.

Breaking
The emerald ore block itself (rather than its emerald drops) can be obtained by mining it with an iron, diamond or netherite pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment.

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Trivia

 * Even though emerald ore is rarer than diamond ore, emerald ore is generally found more often in mountains biomes than diamond ore, as the emerald ore blocks are generated in a more scattered fashion.