Redstone Ore

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Redstone Ore is a type of ore that is found 16 or fewer levels above bedrock. It drops redstone when mined, and it can be crafted into redstone-related mechanisms. If it is hit with anything or walked on, it will begin to glow and will light a small area.

Mining

Redstone Ore requires an iron pickaxe or better to harvest, otherwise, it will drop nothing.

Tool
Hardness	3
Breaking time^{[note 1]}
Default	15
Wood	7.5
Stone	3.75
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Gold	1.25

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

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It can be smelted to give one Redstone dust; however, this is inefficient as it requires Silk Touch, yields very little XP, and will not give more than one Redstone per ore.
When added to the game, all Redstone-related blocks had no official name. In 1.0.4, July 9, 2010, the name Redstone was given by Notch after demands from the community.
One may only obtain Redstone Ore as a block through Silk Touch enchanted tools, cheats/hacks, or creative mode.
- It is best to mine the Redstone Ore instead of using Silk Touch because when smelting it, it gives only one piece of Redstone, but when mined directly, it drops 1-4 pieces.
Lit Redstone Ore is defined as a separate block in the source code.
For beginner Minecraft players, Redstone Ore might be mistaken for Rubies.
There is a glitch that, when dug with a Silk Touch pick, a redstone ore is obtained that is unstackable. Placing it and destroying it with Silk Touch again fixes that glitch.
Redstone can essentially be determined to represent the real-life element copper but contains a more red hue in Minecraft than it is in real life. It also has a powdery texture. However, both objects take the same basic function: conducting power.
Redstone ore can be mined using an iron pickaxe or better. It cannot be mined with a wooden or stone pickaxe. Although it can be destroyed by them, it will not yield anything.
Redstone is used in making many items that cannot be made with other materials because it is a good conductor of electricity. A useful thing to make on survival mode would be a compass and/or map, as it can be used to venture from a player's home and can help players easily find their way back.
If a player touches redstone ore, it will glow.
When hooked up to a BUD switch, it makes a useful pressure plate, in a similar way to String.
It will still glow if the ore is under a carpet.

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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

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