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Sunstone

Sunstone is a light blue or amber colored crystal that appears in abundance dotting the floor, walls and ceilings of a small handful of particularly large caverns. Sunstone "geodes" in the shape of natural pillars can rarely be found in these same caves, providing a renewable supply of these exotic light sources.
It would emit light at a variable level that oscillates slowly over a long period of time, creating an "artificial day/night cycle" in the caverns where it appears. Sunstone would also suppress hostile mob spawns in a variable range based on it's current light level.
Caves that generate with sunstone could serve as a bastion of safety in the deepest parts of the world, but only while they are glowing bright. Once "night" comes the cave would slowly plunge into darkness, and the crystal's warding property would wane, allowing mobs to spawn again. Sunstone caverns would create an interesting survival situation for players who decide to live in these caves.

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    I think instead of the light level increasing w/ the day/night cycle, the block should generate on ceilings and cause skylight to pour in below it as if there were no solid blocks obstructing the sunlight from the surface.

    Would make sense since it's called Sunstone, and would create a lighting mechanic not really seen in blocks, increasing sky light instead of block light levels. Would also create cool and tall pillars/shafts of light within the caves that generate Sunstone, which would look very atmospheric.