Nether Quartz Ore

A Nether Quartz Ore is an ore only available in the Nether. When mined with any pickaxe, it drops a Nether Quartz crystal, which can be used to make a Comparator and a Daylight Sensor. Like Coal, Redstone, Diamond, Emerald and Lapis Lazuli Ore, Nether Quartz Ore drops experience when mined, and works with both Fortune and Silk Touch enchantments.

Nether Quartz is about as abundant as iron in the overworld. It simply looks like it is more abundant, because you can see more netherrack, but in caves in the overworld you can not see much surface area. It is also available at any layer.

Smelting
Note: Nether quartz ore blocks can only be obtained with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch.

Trivia

 * Nether Quartz Ore is the first, and currently only ore available in the Nether.
 * This is the first ore in which the texture isn't based upon Stone; it is based upon Netherrack.
 * Unlike other ores, it has large thick strips on it, rather than the usual dots or small strips design that other ores have. This is similar to Ice, but Ice has thinner strips than ore.
 * Nether Quartz gives an illusion of abundancy. However (as stated above) it is only as abundant as Iron.
 * Unlike Netherrack, fire does not infinitely burn on Nether Quartz, even though it clearly is made out of Netherrack.
 * Nether Quartz Ore is taken from the real life crystal, Quartz and Quartz Ore.

Netherquarz (Erz) Mena de cuarzo Quartz du Nether (minerai) 下界石英矿石 Кварц Нижнего мира (руда)