Gems and Crystals Mod

# **Gems and Crystals**  ### **Expand your Minecraft world with new gems, crystals, tools, armor, and enhanced world generation.** Gems and Crystals enriches your adventure with new materials, biome‑based ore generation, quartz growth mechanics, and complete equipment sets designed to complement vanilla progression. --- ## **New Materials** Discover and collect a variety of unique gemstones: - Ruby - Sapphire - Topaz - Amethyst *(pre‑1.17 progression)* - Quartz *(Overworld variant with growth blocks)*  Each material includes its own items, blocks, and worldgen features. --- ## **Tools, Armor & Horse Armor** Forge powerful new equipment sets: - Ruby Tools & Armor - Sapphire Tools & Armor - Emerald Tools & Armor - Topaz Tools & Armor - Amethyst Tools & Armor - Quartz Tools & Armor  All materials also include **matching horse armor**. --- ## **Quartz Growth Blocks (1.5.0+)** Quartz now features a full growth system similar to amethyst: - Budding Quartz - Small Quartz Bud - Medium Quartz Bud - Large Quartz Bud - Quartz Cluster These blocks generate naturally inside **Quartz Geodes** and can be harvested normally. --- ## **World Generation** Explore a richer overworld with biome‑specific ore generation and small/large ore variants. ### Ruby - Rare, deep‑underground ore - Found across most overworld biomes ### Sapphire - Common in cold and snowy biomes - Appears in frozen peaks and mountain ranges ### Topaz - Spawns in warm biomes: deserts, savannas, badlands, meadows, warm oceans - Generates higher in the world with occasional deep pockets ### Amethyst Ore - Found in cave‑dense and darker biomes - More common in Deep Dark and underground cave systems ### Quartz Ore - Overworld quartz variant - More common in mountainous terrain - **Does not generate inside geodes** ### Quartz Geodes - Generate similarly to vanilla amethyst geodes - Contain Budding Quartz, Quartz Buds, and Quartz Clusters - Provide renewable quartz‑themed decorative blocks  --- ## **Equipment Strength Overview** | Material | Tier | Notes | |---------|------|-------| | Quartz | Below Iron | Early‑game option | | Amethyst | Around Iron | Faster early progression | | Topaz | Between Iron & Diamond | Mid‑game upgrade | | Emerald | Between Diamond & Iron | Utility‑focused tier | | Sapphire | Near Diamond+ | Biome‑specific rarity | | Ruby | Diamond+ | High‑end gem tier | --- ## **Design Philosophy** - Enhances — not replaces — vanilla progression - Rewards biome exploration - Each material offers tradeoffs, not strict upgrades - Multiple viable progression paths ---