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By Prodigy9
#161093
Redkiller123 wrote:There is a avg. of 133 quartz ore per chunk.Source
A chunk is 16 x 16 blocks. Source
MineRealm nether is 10000/8 x 10000/8 = 1250 x 1250. (+/- 625)
MineRealm nether has (1250/16)^2 = 6103.5 chunks.
Estimated total quartz = 6103.5 x 133 = 811.7k = 12,7k stacks = 234 Doublechests.
Thanks for the numbers. I had been considering doing a calculation of that sort myself, but now I don't have to :P
One additional factor to take into account: the use of fortune pickaxes to mine the ore blocks. It's impossible to predict what proportion of players will use fortune vs. non-fortune picks to break ore blocks, but at least in theory it could allow for a two or three-fold increase in the amount of quartz pieces.
monkeychunks wrote:Quartz ore is very easy to get and we will have to mine out all the netherrack before there is no quartz. Quartz isn't rare and won't be rare.
Mostly agreed. It doesn't tend to be destroyed at a high rate - the things that are made from quartz can always be retrieved for future use. However, it could become "locked up" in builds over time.

If someone hooks up a farm to a daylight sensor, they'll likely be reluctant to change the circuitry later even though they could do so. Of course, sensors only take three quartz apiece, so that's not going to be a huge amount of quartz. A larger use of the material would be if someone decided to build a house out of quartz blocks... but again, they can always disassemble it for later use if desired.

The one thing that could become more expensive over time is the silk-touched quartz ore blocks themselves. Even though mined quartz will be in circulation for a long time, the ore will tend to diminish in quantity over time. It doesn't have any use beyond being mined for quartz pieces, but perhaps it will be a novelty item of sorts for use in decorating (like lapis/redstone/emerald ore).

EDIT:
FDX wrote:
Ratta237 wrote:300 for a stack of nether quartz blocks and 400 for a stack of quartz blocks
What? Is there a difference?
Nether quartz = the ore found in the nether, which is broken into pieces of quartz crystal.
Quartz blocks = the blocks crafted from four pieces of quartz crystal.
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By TechnoProdigy
#161108
dlgn wrote:Nether Quartz Ore also gives a huge amount of XP according to the wiki. The price that someone thinks you fools will pay is 10K for a stack of Quartz Ore.
FTFY
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By dlgn
#161127
TechnoProdigy wrote:
dlgn wrote:Nether Quartz Ore also gives a huge amount of XP according to the wiki. The price that someone thinks you fools will pay is 10K for a stack of Quartz Ore.
FTFY
dlgn wrote:Buyout: 10K
Exabyte I wrote:Buyout!
http://minerealm.com/community/viewtopi ... =8&t=13536

You were saying?
By JonColmanator
#161130
dlgn wrote:
TechnoProdigy wrote:
dlgn wrote:Nether Quartz Ore also gives a huge amount of XP according to the wiki. The price that someone thinks you fools will pay is 10K for a stack of Quartz Ore.
FTFY
dlgn wrote:Buyout: 10K
Exabyte I wrote:Buyout!
http://minerealm.com/community/viewtopi ... =8&t=13536

You were saying?
Then, as TechnoProdigy and Mr. T would both say, he's a foo'!
By JonColmanator
#161133
This is true, but I will chuck this factor into the mix.

Quartz is more dangerous to obtain than iron, for obvious reasons.
By eah
#161135
JonColmanator wrote:This is true, but I will chuck this factor into the mix.

Quartz is more dangerous to obtain than iron, for obvious reasons.
But it also comes in larger veins, is highly exposed, and quicker to mine to as opposed to mining through stone. Again, anyone buying or selling for 10k per stack is either misinformed, disinformed, or purposely inflating the price beyond its relative worth.
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By dlgn
#161138
eah2119 wrote:
JonColmanator wrote:This is true, but I will chuck this factor into the mix.

Quartz is more dangerous to obtain than iron, for obvious reasons.
But it also comes in larger veins, is highly exposed, and quicker to mine to as opposed to mining through stone. Again, anyone buying or selling for 10k per stack is either misinformed, disinformed, or purposely inflating the price beyond its relative worth.
Austin is the first two, and I'm the last. Having a high buyout for an item that hasn't yet got a standard market price isn't a bad idea, eh?
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By TechnoProdigy
#161140
dlgn wrote:
TechnoProdigy wrote:
dlgn wrote:Nether Quartz Ore also gives a huge amount of XP according to the wiki. The price that someone thinks you fools will pay is 10K for a stack of Quartz Ore.
FTFY
dlgn wrote:Buyout: 10K
Exabyte I wrote:Buyout!
http://minerealm.com/community/viewtopi ... =8&t=13536

You were saying?
He's a fool for thinking something twice as common as iron is worth 10k. That's what I was saying.
By Rixih
#161171
I don't think people are taking into consideration the excessive amount of things you can actually do with quartz. It's a lot more versatile than both coal and iron, in my opinion. And when it's used as building material for example you'll need a lot of ore to make a large amount of blocks. Personally, out of the 2 double chests (And a bit more) of ore I have I won't be selling any of it. :P It's handy, crafty, and looks pretty dang awesome as a building material.
Woo quartz fever! ::)
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