Netherite nuggets

It’s a metal, right? It should have blocks, ingots AND nuggets. However, I see how this could be controversial. If that means that netherite tools would then be smelted down into these nuggets, then netherite would be farmable and Minecraft would be ruined. But we must remember that they are just netherite coated diamond tools, so perhaps they could smelt down into their respective diamond tools?