cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1836852/copper
But only 3-5 diamonds are generated per chunk, requires an iron pickaxe, and usually doesn't start appearing regularly until Y level 14.
Meanwhile copper can have up to 16 veins of copper per chunk, requires a stone pickaxe, and appears most frequently at Y=48.
Copper is clearly more accessible for making ore blocks.
Wait a sec, this isn't !minecraft@lemmy.world