Rare Earth Ore

This page refers to the ore rare earth metals come from, for the elements themselves, see Rare Earth Elements.

Rare earth ore is a, well, rare special ore that can generate anywhere in the world starting from Y level 35 to below, unlike the fictional special ores. It generally spawns very deep in the world and has small veins, only around 2-3 ores per vein. Its appearance is quite similar to normal stone, making it hard to spot even in medium ranges. Unlike most other ores, this one does not supply one particular material, rather all rare earth metals, similar to IRL (in some cases).

Usage
When mined, it will drop a random assortment of rare earth metal fragments. These include neodymium, actinium, curium, cobalt, etc. Using Fortune enchantment is highly recommended. These fragments are useless by themselves, they must be shredded to make tiny piles of dust. These tiny piles of dust can be combined together to make a full pile (most cannot be smelted). Both tiny and normal dust can be made into Desh blend, but only the full size can be used or made in a Cyclotron. These rare earth metals can be used in various niche recipes, but primarily Desh.

The alternate choice is to use silk touch enchantment and pick up the ore itself. The ore itself can only be utilized when placed in a centrifuge, where it will produce one Desh blend and 2 Zirconium splinters. This method is recommended, since it has guaranteed outputs and is the easiest to work with.

Even better, it can be acidized then centrifuged to produce 2 desh blends and 4 Zirconium splinters.