Coal Ore

Coal Ore is a mineral that is a common sight on almost all maps. It is found at almost any elevation, inside caverns, cliff faces, and underground. A lump of coal can be mined directly from Coal ore using a wooden pickaxe or better. Coal lumps can be combined with sticks to make torches, or used as fuel in a furnace or Minecart. When burned in a furnace, it provides 8 uses for each coal lump.

Mining coal yields one lump of coal. Coal blocks are very common to find and are the only ore to appear well above sea level; coal ore comprises about 1% of all stone, regardless of altitude. Common deposits can vary greatly in size - mountaintop deposits are typically limited to five at most, but underground ones can be anywhere between ten and fifty without being noted as unusually large.

History
Coal ore was introduced in Classic before 0.0.14a.

In an early version of the game (Indev 0.31 January 29, 2010), when destroyed without any items, coal ore drops a single coal, and three when mined with a pickaxe.

In Survival Test, it gave the player 1 to 4 stone slabs. As of Classic 0.28, it could be placed by players in Creative mode.

Trivia

 * Coal ore can be obtained via silk touch and when smelted it gives coal. This is wasteful, however, as coal ore can simply be mined to directly get coal.
 * Coal can come in veins of over 30 or even over 40-50 blocks.
 * There are rare chances when you can yield more than 64 coal in one vein.
 * The Fortune enchantment applies to coal ore blocks, i.e. mining coal with it may yield more than one lump per block.
 * In Minecraft 1.3, mining coal ore, along with other ores, gives you experience orbs, allowing for a different way to get enchantments. One stack of coal ore will give roughly 4 lvl.

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