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Thin Ice

Thin Ice would be a new block, either in the form of a half-slab or a block as thick as Carpet, but on the upper half of a block instead of at the bottom of a block space. Basically, it’d be Ice, but like a waterlogged upper-half-slab thick. If the player jumps on it, or runs on it, the thin ice will break and the player will fall into the water below. It would generate in Frozen oceans and Frozen rivers. This would work really well with a cold-water freezing mechanic (if the player froze while in water in snowy biomes).
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    I think it would work better as a full block of Ice, but have it be clearer than normal ice, like more see-through to make it visually distinct. That way players could harvest it either for traps or for an efficient form of scaffolding (imagine building up and having the blocks break behind you). Or they could use it like a clear glass block thats tinted slightly light blue (but can't let it near light / fire or else the thin ice will evaporate into air). 

    Thin Ice could generate above ground in rare patches over lakes and rivers, but I think it would be a perfect addition to the new Ice Caves. Either have it generate above a deep cave pit / cavern or generate above an underground lake. I say this because I think a distinct implementation of the cold water freezing mechanic would be nice. They added the Potent Sulfur to nauseate the water pools, what if they did the same for Blue Ice but it made the surrounding water frozen / applied the freezing effect to players that fell into the underground Ice lakes. 

    Then the only way to cross Thin Ice is either A) shift walking across because walking / running causes the Thin Ice to shatter; B) Run Jumping across and effectively propelling yourself / jumping forward before the Thin Ice Shatters; C) applying the Frost Walker enchantment to boots to prevent Thin Ice from breaking allowing the player to walk or run and jump across like normal.