Crystal Caverns!

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Hello! I came up with a cool new concept for a cave based off of an awesome photograph I saw one time:

https://preview.redd.it/0lv970l5i3871.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=webp&s=826172c3ac5434b27c6efeeb9912726a49a0f901

I saw that, and I wanted it in Minecraft! These caves, crystal caverns, would have several new blocks in them. Here's a photo of all the cool blocks you can find in the cave:

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From left to right: Calcite Crystals, Calcite Clusters, Calcite, Pointed Quartz Crystals, and Quartz Crystals. Note that if I knew how to program data packs and I didn't simply retexture the pointed dripstone for this, the pointed quartz crystals would also be translucent too. The crystal blocks here are actually retextured green stained glass!

This cave is full of giant translucent quartz crystals, and is filled with clumps of calcite and various sizes of quartz and calcite crystals. It would only spawn below y=0 as the crystals form from igneous activity. Here is my imagining of how these caves would look:

https://preview.redd.it/77duuxkol3871.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=f8a02c040f4f82c6836fba0197ce26a028e84a7f

As you can see, these caves have wide open spaces with giant crystals coming out from the walls, floor, and ceiling.

https://preview.redd.it/n7n7e5gyl3871.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=a37a5fce438a0b7017320a74ec589b3d88328d0c

https://preview.redd.it/mn3umgarq3871.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=8f2f14dabf3606ffc23db858df4f89c86388b57a

Here is a cross-section of the cave

Perhaps some new mobs that like it in hot and damp conditions could spawn here? Or maybe there could be a use for the translucent quartz? It sure does look cool if you ask me, so maybe that alone is incentive enough to visit this place, aside from the fact that I think it looks awesome. What does reddit think? Is this a biome that should be in the game?

Before people start asking for uses for everything, though - coral doesn't have a use. Pandas and bats don't have a use. Sometimes things are in the game just because they're cool or add atmosphere. I think this is cool.

Posted Jun 29, 2021, 12:50 AM UTC · edited

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