Geology of Minecraft: Iron Ore, Facts and Fiction

A deep dive into iron ore. Where it spawns and its properties as well as where it comes from in real life.

[CraftyMasterman]

Those block display effects got my mind blown

[SaltyWaterOriginal]

I can't believe content with this level of quality is completely free.

[ymmijx]

i love that a large chunk of this video is just a guy showing off his cool rock collection. 10/10 content rocks rock.

[StelloTyrannus]

What the frick?! I’m a geology graduate, and this guy was more educational than most of my professors, not to mention actually sounding enthusiastic about the topic (believe me this goes much further than y’all would think). I learned a lot more than I thought I would, so a big BRAVO!👏

[fillymcwinkenbob]

the name: simple, descriptive, utterly without flair
the expectation: an interesting deep dive on minecraft iron generation
the video's reality: surpasses expectations, contained not only an explaination of ore generation, but also included high quality visualizations, a history lesson, a rock collection, and a blooper

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[haiperbus]

I'd say we're in the silicon age, not because of microchips, but because our world is made of concrete and glass, which is mostly composed of silicon dioxide

[benismann]

21:00 I legit forgot it was a video about minecraft iron. I crave more extreme ancient history dives, it was SO cool.

[dragonfluf]

Huh, I never knew how old iron is until now. Kinda funny we use the phrase "older than dirt" when iron is literally older than dirt.

[JrTr_]

2:30 Okay stop right there. Just appreciate the work and effort put into these commandblocks. Okay continue

[NaturallyCrispy]

Been playing Minecraft for roughly 10 years now. To say this is one of the best and most interesting videos I’ve ever seen is an understatement. Don’t even get me started on those effects, HOW DID YOU DO

[volco]

In my personal opinion. The measure of a good teacher isn't the amount of information they know or the amount of information they can impart to others. The true measure of a good teacher is how much they can get someone interested in a certain topic. And you, my friend, are an AMAZING teacher.

Before this video I almost had zero interest in geology besides the occasionally "Look at this cool rock I found."

I originally had played this video just so I could have some background noise playing and because it had Minecraft in it. But I literally had to stop myself from doing something else because I ended up becoming really interested in what you had to say. You could argue it was because of the medium you were showcasing the information and maybe that has something to do with it but I truly think you have some real talent in imparting information in a creative and strangely personal way.

You honestly came out of nowhere in my Youtube feed and I really hope to keep seeing you there. Really top notch work you're doing :)

[somdudewillson]

Interestingly, in the modding world steel is 'traditionally' depicted as darker iron. Presumably because of some combination of it being made by adding something black to it, the process of smelting often making items darker, and the fact that there's a lot more room darker than iron in the color space than there is lighter.

[ThundrDragn]

I love learning about real life rocks through the medium of virtual rocks

[Flash-FireCC]

I am just speechless from how engaging and educational this video was. Imagine if teachers used creative formats like this one for their students, you really mastered your craft no pun intended.

[citrus_punk_]

STROMATOLLITES MENTIONED!!!! ALL MY HOMIES LOVE MICROPALEONTOLOGY

[haiperbus]

There are actually super rare formations of pure mettalic non-ore iron, metorites! Ancient people's actually managed to cold forge some of them into tools long before we could ever truly forge it.

[CodexAdrian]

Even as a mod developer im incredibly impressed by the visual effects here! I aspire to make content as interesting as yours, even though i have no interest in geology i feel like i could watch this for hours.

[happymealpotion]

I cant believe this content is free. Everything from the history, to the colour world analysis, to the gameplay considerations, to actually making a block of real iron, is insane. Your work is so appreciated by the community and we cant wait to see more!

[----S.]

This man was trapped inside minecraft education edition for so long that he learned how to harnest the very fabric of reallity in order to break free and once he did he decided to use his newfound powers to teach the world about what he saw.

[ctrlaltmilk]

Random question - have you ever considered doing a video on the geology of TerraFirmaCraft? It's a mod that overhauls a lot of vanilla world generation, and includes a bunch of new types of rock, ore, and geological formations I think you'd be interested in.