I'm curious about whether an ore vein (say diamond) can generate in 2 parts completely separated by rock?
I know they can be connected diagonally and I suspect that cave generation could leave a vein in 2 pieces separated by air.
See picture, if I find a 2X2 slab of diamond ore with rock in the 8 blocks above and below it, can one of the quartz ore blocks represent a diamond ore belonging to the same vein as the 4 I can see?
(I know that 2 diamond veins can generate partly above/below each other, I'm only interested in single veins.)
I'm not really worried about missing that single ore block if I don't dig around the vein, I'm just curious.
I'm curious about whether an ore vein (say diamond) can generate in 2 parts completely separated by rock?
I know they can be connected diagonally and I suspect that cave generation could leave a vein in 2 pieces separated by air.
See picture, if I find a 2X2 slab of diamond ore with rock in the 8 blocks above and below it, can one of the quartz ore blocks represent a diamond ore belonging to the same vein as the 4 I can see?
(I know that 2 diamond veins can generate partly above/below each other, I'm only interested in single veins.)
I'm not really worried about missing that single ore block if I don't dig around the vein, I'm just curious.
Just testing.