Redstone Ore

Redstone ore is the ore block from which redstone is obtained.

Obtaining
. Mining time took far longer compared to other ores (4.5 seconds with iron pickaxe).}}

Trivia

 * Redstone ore can be found in Pocket Edition and can be mined but the dust has no use yet except for making clocks, compasses, and powered rails.
 * In Minecraft Pocket Edition, stepping on redstone ore does not cause a block update.