Glowing Obsidian

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Glowing obsidian is a block that appears in Pocket Edition

Overview

Glowing obsidian will appear when the Nether reactor core is activated. All the materials that are used to activate the reactor (14 cobblestone blocks and 4 gold blocks) will convert into glowing obsidian when the reactor is activated. The glowing obsidian appeared to be a red obsidian that glows. Once the reactor has "burned out" the glowing obsidian will then turn into regular obsidian which can then be collected with a diamond pickaxe. If it is mined while the reactor is activated, it will still drop regular obsidian. Glowing obsidian can currently only be obtained through editors, such as MCEdit.

The Glowing Obsidian appear after one activates the Nether Reactor

The Latest Updates

Version 1.02_6 is the first appearance of the glowing obsidian.
Version 1.02_7 added smoking effects on the glowing obsidian.
Version 1.20_8 fix bug for breaking the glowing obsidian and the Nether reactor.

Trivia

After Update 0.12.1, the Nether reactor core was removed, which meant that glowing obsidian could no longer be spawned.
In older versions of PE, glowing obsidian could be mined with an iron pickaxe. However, this was removed in Update 0.7.3.
Players can use mods that add glowing obsidian to the creative inventory.

Blocks
Natural	Air • Stone • Granite • Diorite • Andesite • Dark Stone • Unnamed Smooth Speleothem Block • Unnamed Marble Block • Geode Casing • Bedrock • Clay ( Terracotta) • Cobblestone ( Moss) • Cobweb • Dirt ( Coarse Dirt)( Azalea Roots) • Gravel • Bone Block • Ice ( Packed • Blue) • Spawner • Sand ( Red) • Sandstone ( Red) • Obsidian • Snow( Powdered Snow) • Sponge • Wet Sponge • Stone Bricks ( Cracked • Mossy • Chiseled) • Prismarine ( Dark • Brick) • Clay Pot • Sea Lantern • Pumpkin • Bee Nest • Crying Obsidian • Grass Path • Infested Block • Speleothems
Manufactured	Bookshelf • Bricks • Wool ( Carpet) • Concrete( Powder) • Conduit • Dried Kelp Block • Fence • Glass ( Pane) • Stained Glass ( Pane) • Glazed Terracotta • Hay Bale • Iron Bars • Jack o' Lantern • Ladder • Painting • Scaffolding • Slab • Smooth Stone • Cut Sandstone • Smooth Quartz • Smooth Red Sandstone • Slime • Snow • Stairs • Walls • Wood Planks • Wood • Beehive • Honey Block • Honeycomb Block • Polished Diorite • Polished Granite • Polished Andesite • Red Nether Brick • Quartz Bricks • Polished Blackstone • White Candle • Black Candle • Sculk Block • Sculk Chute • Sculk Trap • Sculk Growth • Painted Clay Pot
Ore	Coal Ore • Copper Ore • Diamond Ore • Emerald Ore • Gold Ore ( Nether) • Iron Ore • Lapis Lazuli Ore • Redstone Ore • Nether Quartz Ore • Ancient Debris
Mineral Blocks	Block of Copper • Block of Diamond • Block of Emerald • Block of Gold • Block of Iron • Lapis Lazuli Block • Block of Quartz • Block of Redstone • Block of Coal • Block of Netherite
Utility	Bed • Brewing Stand • Cake • Cauldron • Chest • Shulker Box • Crafting Table • Enchantment Table • Furnace • Jukebox • TNT • Anvil • Blast Furnace • Barrel • Bell • Campfire • Cartography Table • Composter • Fletching Table • Grindstone • Lantern • Lectern • Loom • Smithing Table • Smoker • Stonecutter • Target • Respawn Anchor • Lodestone • Lightning Rod
Redstone/Travel	Button • Dispenser • Redstone Lamp • Door • Fence Gate • Lever • Note Block • Piston ( Sticky) • Pressure Plate • Rail ( Powered • Detector • Activator) • Redstone ( Wire • Redstone Torch • Repeater • Comparator) • Trapdoor ( Iron Trapdoor) • Trapped Chest • Hopper • Dropper • Daylight Detector • Tripwire Hook • Observer • Redstone Ore • Block of Redstone • Sculk Sensor
Plants	Cactus • Dead Bush • Chorus Plant • Flowers • Wither Rose • Grass( Grass • Fern) • Leaves • Lily Pad • Melon • Mushrooms( Huge) • Mycelium • Podzol • Nylium • Pumpkin • Saplings • Sugar Cane • Vines • Cocoa Pods • Wheat • Log • Corals • Kelp • Sweet Berry Bush • Nether Roots • Fungus • Weeping Vines • Twisting Vines • Sea Pickle • Dripleaf Plant • Baby Dripleaf Pant • Moss Block • Moss Blanket • Hanging Azalea Roots • Glow Berry Vine • Spore Blossom
Liquids	Lava • Water
Non-Solid	Fire ( Soul Fire) • Sign • Torch ( Soul Torch) • Banner • Amethyst Crystal
The Nether	Glowstone • Shroomlight • Netherrack • Nylium • Nether Brick ( Cracked • Chiseled • Fence) • Nether Quartz • Nether Gold • Ancient Debris • Nether Wart • Nether Roots • Weeping Vines • Twisting Vines • Fungus • Soul Sand • Soul Soil • Basalt • Magma Block • Blackstone
The End	Dragon Egg • End Stone • Purpur( Pillar) • Endstone Brick • End Rod • Dragon Head • Ender Crystal
Creative only	Barrier • Structure Block • Structure Void • Jigsaw • Amethyst Geode • Farmland • Spawner • Command Block ( Repeating • Chain)
Bedrock Edition only	Stonecutter (old) • Nether Reactor • Glowing Obsidian • Light Block • Border • Allow • Deny
Technical	Piston Arm • Block 36 • Burning Furnace • Glowing Redstone Ore • Off-state Redstone Torch • Active Redstone Repeater • Flowing Water • Flowing Lava • Pumpkin Stem • Melon Stem • Block 97 • Portal • End Portal Frame • End Portal • End Gateway (block) • Missing Texture Block
Removed	Cog • Dirt Slab • Spikes • Shrub • Rose • Locked Chest • Generic Dead Coral Block • Cyan Flower • Camera^(BE) • Wax Block • Buttercup Flower
Unimplemented	Crying Obsidian (old) • Wax Block
Education Edition only	Element Constructor • Material Reducer • Compound Creator • Hardened Glass • Hardened Glass Pane • Underwater TNT • Underwater Torch • Colored Torch • Element Lead

Overview

The Latest Updates

Trivia

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