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Lightning glass (fulgurites)

 

Originally posted a while ago on reddit, here is my idea for a new block - lightning glass aka fulgurites. Created during a new weather type - dry thunderstorms - essentially the thunderstorm but without the rain, and would be biome specific to deserts and mesas. When lightning hits the sand, it would have a rare chance to convert it into the lightning glass block. This is a semi-translucent block, like shattered glass (Bad example pic: https://imgur.com/a/IMymRWw). The glass would be able to be mined via silk touch to get the block, otherwise turning into glass-shards. Lightning glass, of not mined, may convert back into sand so not to make deserts/mesas look ugly

As for the use of the block other than  decoration, consider it as a very brittle glass. When an anvil is dropped onto lightning glass, it will break into shards. When one block is broken it could possibly have a chain-effect, breaking other lightning glass blocks in a certain radius (unless using silk touch). As for the shards, they could possibly be created into more decoration blocks like prismarine or other uses.

Here's the reddit post where I've taken mine and a couple other ideas from: https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/8h1ea0/dry_thunderstorms_and_lightning_glass/

For my first post on the website, I'm sorry if I've made any crucial mistakes, e.g. linking the reddit post or mentioning more than one feature.

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    I thought about this as I was thinking about the fact that most of the magic in minecraft is tied to heat, like the crazy heat of the nether, lava being cooled and heated in a special process for the portal, and the intense heat of lightning changing mobs into magical versions of themselves. Then I thought about fulgurites, and I wondered if that could be a cool magical block! I think it would be great for decoration too, but what if it also had new magical uses? I really don't care what, as long as it has some. Maybe if you try to mine a fulgurite without silk touch, it will drop blaze powder? That might help explain why the heck the villagers have brewing stands without going to the nether. I also just really want the lore of minecraft to make sense. They must have some kind of overworld source of blaze rods, or they wouldn't be able to make the brewing stand. This was my solution. Thank you for having this idea and posting about it!