Minecraft Ores

Here are the minecraft ores and info on them:

Stone
Mineable with: Wooden pickaxe or higher
Yields: Cobblestone
Used for: Making stone tools

Coal
Mineable with: Wooden pickaxe or higher
Yields: 1X Coal Piece
Used for: Torches, fuel for furnaces.





Iron
Mineable with: Stone pickaxe or higher
Yields: 1X Iron Block
Used for: Iron tools, Iron armour, Buckets, Flint and Tinders, Minecarts, Minecart tracks
Requires smelting in a furnace.



Gold
Mineable with: Iron pickaxe or higher
Yields: 1X Gold Block
Used for: Gold tools, Gold armour, Watches
Requires smelting in a furnace.




Diamond
Mineable with: Iron pickaxe or higher
Yields: 1X Diamond
Used for: Gold tools, Gold armour, Jukebox
The best material for tools & armour in game, and very rare.