I think it doesn't take enough time for a person to find iron ores. Seriously, if notch doesn't make iron a little less common he should at least add a new one, right? Bronze could be a dark brown color (so there's no confusion with iron ores) and it could be stronger than wood and weaker than iron. Wood can break stone and coal, but not bronze, stone can break bronze and, but not iron, bronze can break iron, lapiz lazuli, and gold. Leave comments if you think this is a good idea or if you can think of a better material for this job.
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new mineral: bronze