Aquamarine Ore is an ore block found in stone layers that drops Aquamarine Shard when mined. A deepslate variant, Deepslate Aquamarine Ore, generates at deeper levels. Aquamarine is used exclusively for armor — it has no tool set.
Generation
Aquamarine Ore generates in all Overworld biomes between Y -16 and Y 48 with a uniform distribution. Veins can be up to 7 blocks in size, with approximately 14 attempts per chunk.
Mining
Mining Aquamarine Ore drops Aquamarine Shards directly — no smelting is required. Shards can be compacted into a Block of Aquamarine (9 shards) or broken back down.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Hardness | 4.0 |
| XP Drop | 3–7 |
| Sounds | Stone |
| Required Tool | Pickaxe |
Smelting
Aquamarine Ore can also be smelted, yielding an additional XP bonus on the deepslate variant.
| Input | Output | XP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquamarine Ore | Aquamarine Shard | 0.8 | 200 ticks (furnace), 100 ticks (blast furnace) |
| Deepslate Aquamarine Ore | Aquamarine Shard | 1.0 | 300 ticks (furnace), 150 ticks (blast furnace) |