Phyllite Sand

[JackG]

Does it exist as beaches, like sandstone sand, limestone sand, etc? Or are metamorphic rock-types not spawning as sandy beaches?

[BenLi]

Bauxite does create bauxite sand beaches. Supposing that phyllite does create sand.

[JackG]

Bauxite is a sedimentary rock type though, if Slate made sand-beaches then I'd guess there can be Phyllite as well, but I cant recall having seen either. 

[BenLi]

nope. bauxite is metamorph. look at the json's.

yet phyllite has a very special property - it is generated bottom up unlike all other metamorphs.

[JackG]

What does that mean, generated bottom up?

[BenLi]

it means that it is generated from the igneous rock upward. so on provinces border of, say, granite and andesite, it could be under igneous rock. bottom up layers: andesite->phyllite->granite->other metamorphs and sedimentary rocks.

the rest of metamorphs and of course sedimentaries are generated top down, and thus always are on top of igneous rocks.

skipping basalt as it behaves totally different.

 

So in order to find phyllite sand you need: only one igneous rock, preferably in the middle of igneous province, phyllite as the only metamorph, and no sedimentary on top. Quite a rare combination.

[JackG]

I see, thank you.

 

Sounds like finding a phyllite sand biome would be quite unlikely though.

Edited March 10, 2023 by JackG

[Purx]

I finally have an answer for this. Phyllite sand DOES spawn naturally in vanilla. I have recently found over two stacks underground in a Phyllite rock chunk (the sand wont spawn on the surface like other sands). You can only find it in those little gravel pits with stalactites in them, the sand is located under the gravel layer and you can yield just around 30-40 sand per pit. Hope this helps.