{{About|the mineral block|the smooth variant|Smooth Quartz Block|the ore|Nether Quartz Ore|the item|Nether Quartz}}
{{Block
| image = <gallery>
Block of Quartz.png | Block of Quartz
Chiseled Quartz Block.png | Chiseled
Quartz Bricks.png | Brick
</gallery>
| image2 = <gallery>
Quartz Pillar Axis X.png | Pillar X-axis
Quartz Pillar Axis Y.png | Pillar Y-axis
Quartz Pillar Axis Z.png | Pillar Z-axis
</gallery>
| transparent = No
| light = No
| tool = wooden pickaxe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}
A '''block of quartz''' is a mineral [[block]] used for decoration. It can be turned into a '''chiseled quartz block''', '''quartz pillar'''{{fn|Known as '''quartz pillar''' {{in|java}} and '''pillar quartz block''' {{in|bedrock}}.}} or '''quartz bricks'''.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Blocks of quartz can be [[breaking|mined]] using any [[pickaxe]]. If mined without a pickaxe, it [[drops]] nothing.
{{breaking row
|horizontal=1
|Block of Quartz,Chiseled Quartz Block,Quartz Pillar,Quartz Bricks
|link=none
|Pickaxe
|Wood
}}

=== Natural generation ===
Four quartz blocks generate naturally as part of each bridge [[bastion remnant]].

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
  |head=1
  |A2=Nether Quartz |B2=Nether Quartz
  |A3=Nether Quartz |B3=Nether Quartz
  |Output= Block of Quartz
  |type= Building block
}}
{{Crafting
  |B2=Quartz Slab
  |B3=Quartz Slab
  |Output=Chiseled Quartz Block
  |type=Building block
}}
{{Crafting
  |ignoreusage=1
  |B2=Block of Quartz
  |B3=Block of Quartz
  |Output=Quartz Pillar,2
  |type=Building block
}}
{{Crafting
  |A2=Block of Quartz
  |B2=Block of Quartz
  |A3=Block of Quartz
  |B3=Block of Quartz
  |Output=Quartz Bricks,4
  |type=Building block
  |foot=1
}}

=== Stonecutting ===
{{Stonecutting
|head=1
|Block of Quartz
|Chiseled Quartz Block
}}
{{Stonecutting
|Block of Quartz
|Quartz Pillar
}}
{{Stonecutting
|Block of Quartz
|Quartz Bricks
|foot=1
}}

=== Trading ===
Master-level mason [[villager]]s sell both a quartz block for an [[emerald]] and a quartz pillar for an emerald.

== Usage ==
Quartz blocks cannot be used to store [[nether quartz]] because they cannot be [[crafting|crafted]] back into it, unlike other [[ore]] blocks.<ref>{{bug|MC-6797|||WAI}}</ref>

Quartz pillars can be rotated sideways.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage|Block of Quartz, Chiseled Quartz Block, Quartz Pillar, Quartz Bricks}}

=== Stonecutting ===
{{Stonecutting
|Block of Quartz
|Quartz Slab, 2; Quartz Stairs; Chiseled Quartz Block; Quartz Pillar
}}

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|name=[[Smooth Quartz Block]]
|showname=1
|Block of Quartz
|Smooth Quartz Block
|0.1
}}

=== Note Blocks ===
All types of quartz blocks can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block of Quartz
|spritetype=block
|nameid=quartz_block
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Chiseled Quartz Block
|spritetype=block
|nameid=chiseled_quartz_block
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Quartz Pillar
|spritetype=block
|nameid=quartz_pillar
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Quartz Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=quartz_bricks
|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block of Quartz
|spritetype=block
|nameid=quartz_block
|translationkey=tile.quartz_block.default.name, tile.quartz_block.chiseled.name, tile.quartz_block.lines.name, tile.quartz_block.smooth.name
|id=155}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Quartz Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=quartz_bricks
|id=559
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
Quartz Pillar
{{:Purpur Block/BS}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||January 5, 2013|link={{tweet|jeb_|287481098760499201}}|[[Jeb]] tweeted that Nether quartz would be used for more decorative uses as well.}}
{{History||January 7, 2013|link={{tweet|jeb_|288311932304371712}}|Jeb tweeted the first image about the Nether quartz block.}}
{{History||January 9, 2013|link=Special:Diff/423712|Jeb released the textures for snapshot 13w02a early, which included the textures for the Nether quartz block. This revealed there would be at least three variants: The standard block, a lines variant, and a chiseled variant. There are 7 textures for the blocks.<ref>{{tweet|jeb_|289051304658104320|I wrote info about future texture packs on the wiki. I'm not giving you the link, because then you'll just click on it all at once ;(}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Block of Quartz JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of quartz.}}
{{History|||snap=13w03a|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Pillar quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different block states for the <code>quartz_block</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|"Pillar Quartz Block" has been renamed to "Quartz Pillar".
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 155.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Block of Quartz JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block JE2.png|32px]] The textures of all quartz blocks have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar (NS) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar (EW) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of quartz pillars has been changed once again.}}
{{History|||snap=19w09a|Blocks of quartz now use the top texture on the bottom side instead of bottom texture. Changed from [[File:Block of Quartz JE2 BE2 (facing NWU).png|32px]] to [[File:Block of Quartz JE3 (facing NWU).png|32px]]}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Quartz blocks and pillars are now [[trading|sold]] by [[villager]]s of the new mason profession, making all quartz-based building blocks [[renewable resource|renewable]].}}
{{History|||snap=19w13b|[[File:Block of Quartz JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of block of quartz has been changed, so it no longer bleeds into smooth quartz.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w15a|[[File:Quartz Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added quartz bricks.}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|[[File:Quartz Bricks JE2.png|32px]] The texture of quartz bricks has been changed.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||January 15, 2013|link={{tweet|jeb_|291163050290073600}}|[[Jeb]] tweeted that he would add nether quartz blocks.}}
{{History||v0.6.0|[[File:Block of Quartz JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks, chiseled quartz blocks. 
|Blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks, and chiseled quartz blocks can be used to [[crafting|craft]] quartz [[stairs]].
|Only blocks of quartz are currently craftable in [[survival]].}}
{{History||v0.7.3|Added quartz [[slab]]s, which are [[crafting|craftable]] using quartz blocks in survival.}}
{{History||v0.7.4|Chiseled quartz block and pillar quartz are now craftable in survival.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|Blocks of quartz can now be used to craft quartz stairs.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 4|[[File:Quartz Pillar Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Pillar quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.}}
{{History||v0.13.0|snap=?|[[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis X BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis Z BE1.png|32px]] Chiseled quartz blocks can now be placed sideways.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Block of Quartz Axis X BE.png|32px]] [[File:Block of Quartz Axis Z BE.png|32px]] Rotated versions of blocks of quartz now exist in the game due to how the game handles rotated quartz blocks. (Note that these screenshots do not use the textures that would have been current at the time.)}}
{{History||?|[[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis None BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis None BE1.png|32px]] Sides-only versions of chiseled quartz and quartz pillars now exist.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Block of Quartz JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis None BE2.png|32px]] The textures of blocks of quartz and pillar quartz blocks blocks have been changed.
|Pillar quartz blocks are now [[renewable resource|renewable]], due to it being [[trading|sold]] by stone mason villagers for 1 to 2 [[emerald]]s.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis X.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis Y.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis Z.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis None.png|32px]] The textures of chiseled quartz blocks have been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.3|Chiseled quartz blocks can no longer be placed over the x and z-axis. However, they still exist in the game and are accessible via {{cmd|setblock}}.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Pillar quartz blocks sold by stonemason [[villager]]s now cost one emerald. Master-level stone mason villagers have a 50% chance to either [[trading|sell]] a block of quartz or a quartz pillar for one [[emerald]] as their trade.}}
{{History||1.12.0|snap=beta 1.12.0.3|[[Trading]] has been changed, master-level stone mason villagers now sell blocks of quartz or pillar quartz.}}
{{History||?|Quartz pillars with the side texture on all faces has been removed, and replaced with the y axis-aligned pillar.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|[[File:Quartz Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added quartz bricks.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.63|[[File:Quartz Bricks JE2.png|32px]] The texture of quartz bricks has been changed.}}
{{History||1.17.10|snap=beta 1.17.10.20|[[File:Block of Quartz JE3.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of quartz has been changed to match ''Java Edition''.}}
{{History||1.18.30|snap=?|[[Trading]] has been changed; quartz blocks and pillars are now sold by mason villagers in the same way as ''[[Java Edition]]''.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps=1.04|switch=1.0.1|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Block of Quartz JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Quartz Block Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks, and chiseled quartz blocks.
|Blocks of quartz, pillar quartz blocks, and chiseled quartz blocks can now be used to [[crafting|craft]] quartz stairs and slabs.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Block of Quartz JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Quartz Pillar Axis Y JE3 BE2.png|32px]]{{verify|Are these textures correct, especially the regular block of quartz?}} The textures of blocks of quartz and pillar quartz blocks have been changed.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list|Block of Quartz|Quartz Block|Chiseled Quartz Block|Pillar Quartz Block|Pillar Quartz}}

== Trivia ==
* Because of the low blast resistance of regular quartz blocks, it may be preferable to use two quartz slabs or smooth quartz blocks when making fortifications using quartz, as their blast resistance is higher than the other quartz block variants.
* In real life, a 1-cubic-meter block of quartz (the size of a Minecraft block) is practically harder than the real life [[block of Iron|block of iron]], while the mining speed of block of quartz in Minecraft is quite low.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
NetherQuartzBlock.png|The first screenshot released about the quartz block.
Quartz Parthenon.png|An example of how quartz blocks can be used to simulate marble or limestone.
QuartzPillarPlacement.png|An example showing how pillar quartz blocks can be placed.
Redstone Update Pre-release Banner2.png|The second Redstone Update Pre-release Banner.
OrientablesPE.png|Formerly all blocks that can be rotated in Bedrock Edition, including both variants of quartz
QuartzSeamlessSlabs.png|Comparison of regular and smooth quartz underside textures in prior versions of Java and Bedrock edition.
Quartz blocks.jpg|An early Pocket Edition comparison of a double quartz slab and a block of quartz, mirroring the 1.14 situation.
Bricks of the Nether.jpg|Quartz bricks with other nether brick types.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Nether Quartz Ore]]

== Notes ==
{{fnlist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-quartz Block of the Week: Quartz] – Minecraft.net on March 3, 2017

{{Blocks|Building}}

[[Category:Ore]]
[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[Category:Nether blocks]]

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[[de:Quarzblock]]
[[es:Bloque de cuarzo]]
[[fr:Bloc de quartz]]
[[hu:Kvarcblokk]]
[[it:Blocco di minerale]]
[[ja:クォーツブロック]]
[[ko:석영 블록]]
[[nl:Kwartsblok]]
[[pl:Blok kwarcu]]
[[pt:Bloco de quartzo]]
[[ru:Кварцевый блок]]
[[uk:Блок кварцу]]
[[zh:石英块]]
