Nether Quartz

Nether Quartz is a type of material that can only be found in the Nether and is obtained by mining and/or Smelting Nether Quartz Ore. They can be crafted into a block of quartz for decoration purposes and also can craft, together with glass and wooden slabs, a daylight sensor, or can craft a redstone comparator with redstone torches and stone. Daylight sensors and redstone comparators are both used to send redstone signals. Mason Villagers will buy nether quartz in exchange for Emeralds.

Crafting

Block of Quartz				Daylight Sensor
None	None	None		Glass	Glass	Glass
Nether Quartz	Nether Quartz	None		Nether Quartz	Nether Quartz	Nether Quartz
Nether Quartz	Nether Quartz	None		Wooden Slab	Wooden Slab	Wooden Slab

Redstone Comparator				Observer
None	Redstone Torch	None		Cobblestone	Cobblestone	Cobblestone
Redstone Torch	Nether Quartz	Redstone Torch		Redstone	Redstone	Nether Quartz
Stone	Stone	Stone		Cobblestone	Cobblestone	Cobblestone

Diorite x2				Granite (Shapeless recipe)
None	None	None		None	None	None
Cobblestone	Nether Quartz	None		Diorite	Nether Quartz	None
Nether Quartz	Cobblestone	None		None	None	None

Trivia

• Nether quartz is based on the real mineral called quartz.
• If a player entered the Nether before 1.5 was released, then after the update was released, nether quartz ore would only spawn in newly generated chunks. This made it difficult to find nether quartz in old worlds.
  • However, it is possible to re-generate the Nether in the world options of any world.
• Although in real life striking a quartz crystal on a piece of steel is just as effective as flint on steel (for making sparks), there seems to be no plan to implement a quartz and steel striker, possibly because gravel (thus, flint) is more common than nether quartz, so it is cheaper to use flint.
• As of TU14 (Title Update 14), quartz is also in the Xbox version.

Items
Raw Materials	Blaze Rod • Bone • Clay • Coal ( Charcoal) • Diamond • Ender Pearl • Feather • Flint • Ghast Tear • Glowstone Dust • Gold Ingot ( Nugget)  • Gunpowder • Iron Ingot • ( Nugget)  • Leather • Nether Wart • Nether Star • Prismarine Shard • Prismarine Crystal • Redstone Dust • Slimeball • String • Emerald • Firework Star • Bamboo • Rabbit Hide • Rabbit's Foot • Shulker Shell • Nautilus Shell • Phantom Membrane • Heart of the Sea • Scute
Manufactured	Blaze Powder • Book • Bowl • Brick ( Nether)  • Eye of Ender • Fermented Spider Eye • Glass Bottle ( Water Bottle) • Glistering Melon • Magma Cream • Paper • Popped Chorus Fruit • Potions ( Splash • Lingering) • Stick • Sugar
Food	Beetroot • ( Beetroot Soup) • Bread • Cake • Carrot ( Golden Carrot) • Chorus Fruit • Cookie • Egg • Melon Slice • Milk • Mushroom Stew • Potato ( Baked • Poisonous) • Sweet Berries • Pumpkin Pie • Raw Beef ( Steak) • Raw Chicken ( Cooked) • Raw Cod ( Cooked) • Raw Porkchop ( Cooked) • Apple ( Golden • Notch) • Rotten Flesh • Spider Eye • Raw Rabbit ( Cooked) • Raw Mutton ( Cooked) • Rabbit Stew • Tropical Fish • Raw Salmon ( Cooked Salmon) • Pufferfish • Dried Kelp • Sugar Cane • Wheat • Kelp
Dyes	Rose Red • Pink Dye • Orange Dye • Dandelion Yellow • Cactus Green • Lime Dye • Light Blue Dye • Cyan Dye • Lapis Lazuli • Magenta Dye • Purple Dye • Gray Dye • Light Gray Dye • White Dye • Black Dye • Brown Dye • Blue Dye
Tools	Axe • Bucket ( Water • Lava) • Fishing Rod • Flint and Steel • Hoe • Pickaxe • Shears • Shovel • Book and Quill • Lead • Shield • Carrot on a Stick
Informative	Clock • Compass • Map • Exploration Map
Weapons	Bow ( Arrow) • Fire Charge • Snowball • Sword • Trident • Crossbow
Armor	Boots • Chestplate • Helmet • Leggings  • Horse Armor • Turtle Shell
Vehicles	Boat • Minecart ( with Furnace • with Chest • with TNT • With Hopper • with Command Block)
Utility	Saddle • Totem of Undying • Name Tag
Decoration	Music Discs
Creative only	Spawn Egg • Debug Stick
Unimplemented	Quiver • Ruby • Skis