Original Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/1n3bt05/dripstone_blocks_can_be_smelted_into_calcite/
After some quick research, I learned that real stalactites and stalagmites are primarily composed of calcite (calcium carbonate).
Calcite in Minecraft is a particularly popular building block, with a nice smooth, crystalline look unlike that of diorite which looks more rough and mottled.
Unfortunately, it’s non-renewable and very limited in quantity; you’ll only find it lining amethyst geodes, and in strips on stony peaks. Good luck using it en masse in Survival!
Meanwhile Dripstone Caves, as cool as they are, don’t have a huge amount going for them and the fantastical Lush Caves are a much more exciting find.
Pointed Dripstone makes fun traps and is used to drain mud into clay, or farm lava in cauldrons, but that’s about it. Dripstone Blocks can be crafted from Pointed Dripstone and can be used to make Pointed Dripstone grow to farm it, though are a bit niche as building block afaik.
So it’s very convenient that real life ‘Dripstone’ is made of calcite… so smelting the farmable, abundant Dripstone to purify it into Calcite makes a lot of sense!
And it’d make Dripstone Caves a more exciting find, at least for builders! Seems like a no-brainier to me.
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