Can bedrock be broken IRL?

In the real world, what geologists call bedrock is more like Minecraft's stone layer - it's the name for the compacted rock that sits below the surface soil. Real-world bedrock is hard, but absolutely breakable - and most large buildings are anchored into the bedrock with structures called "foundations".
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Is bedrock easy to break?

You've probably noticed, if you've ever dug to the bottom of the world, that bedrock is indestructible in survival mode. Without exploiting bugs or glitches, you'll break an infinite number of diamond picks before even making a dent in its craggy surface.
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Can bedrock be broken by hand?

Bedrock has no "set" tool that you can mine it with, so even a 32k enchanted diamond pickaxe will still mine up at the speed of your hand, and the enchantment will have no effect.
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Can bedrock be mined?

Bedrock is a block that is not intended to be broken in Survival mode. Despite this, it is still possible to break the unbreakable blocks in Survival mode without cheats. Bug exploits are used to achieve this, so these methods could be rendered useless in any update.
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Is bedrock Real?

Bedrock is the hard, solid rock beneath surface materials such as soil and gravel. Bedrock also underlies sand and other sediments on the ocean floor. Bedrock is consolidated rock, meaning it is solid and tightly bound. Overlying material is often unconsolidated rock, which is made up of loose particles.
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How far down is bedrock?

Bedrock is the solid, intact part of the earth's crust, the outer layer 20 to 25 miles thick that rests on the earth's mantle.
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How strong is bedrock in real life?

In the real world, what geologists call bedrock is more like Minecraft's stone layer - it's the name for the compacted rock that sits below the surface soil. Real-world bedrock is hard, but absolutely breakable - and most large buildings are anchored into the bedrock with structures called "foundations".
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What is parent rock made of?

In soil formation the parent rock (or parent material) normally has a large influence on the nature of the resulting soil; for example, clay soil is derived from mudstone while sandy soil comes from the weathering of sandstones. Parent rock can be sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic.
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How was bedrock formed?

How is bedrock formed? This dense rock has been created when loose sediments come under pressure (lithified), when magma cools and hardens, or when other rocks change form. These processes make types of rock called igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.
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Is there gold in bedrock?

The gold is found not only in the bedrock, but in gravels as much as two feet above the bedrock. In the original pay-streak on Wade Creek, gold is found as deep as 1 1/2 feet into the bedrock. The origin of the gold is supposed to have been from the quartz stringers in the schists.
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Is there water under bedrock?

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Bedrocks have varying amounts of void spaces in them where groundwater accumulates. Bedrock can also become broken and fractured, creating spaces that can fill with water. And some bedrock, such as limestone, are dissolved by water -- which results in large cavities that fill with water.
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What is stronger bedrock or Obsidian?

Obsidian is the fourth-strongest block in Minecraft after bedrock, barriers and command Blocks and Obsidian is the strongest block that can be mined by players, as bedrock and barriers can be placed but can't be mined once it's placed.
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What type of rock is Redstone?

The rock here, the so-called 'redstone,' is more precisely known as Monkton Quartzite. If you get your face up close to the rock, you'll see the shimmer of quartz grains cemented together. Iron oxide is in the mix, giving the rock that reddish hue.
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What y level is bedrock?

With the expansion of the underground by 64 layers, Bedrock in the Overworld now generates at y levels -64 to -60.
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Is there gold in every river?

Gold exists in extremely diluted concentrations in both freshwater and seawater, and is thus technically present in all rivers.
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Is there gold in clay?

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There are plenty of people who will dig right through a clay layer and down to bedrock. All the gold might actually be getting caught above the clay and never make it to solid rock. The bedrock will be completely devoid of gold, and the prospector will assume there is no gold.
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What is the biggest gold nugget ever found?

Holtermann 'Nugget': 10,229oz. While the Welcome Stranger is the largest gold nugget ever discovered, the single biggest gold specimen ever found is the Holtermann. Dug up in October 1872 by German miner Bernhardt Holtermann at Hill End in New South Wales, it was crushed, and the gold extracted.
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Is bedrock made from lava?

Coarse-grained igneous bedrock

Igneous bedrock is formed from magna or lava that is cooled. The rate of cooling and minerals introduced when the magma is still in its liquid form determine the type of igneous bedrock formed.
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How deep do you have to dig to hit bedrock?

Below these layers, sits bedrock. The depth to bedrock can range from a few feet to hundreds of feet. In many locations, it is well under 100 feet.
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What are the three types of bedrock?

The bedrock formations are normally divided into three distinct groups. These consist of igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
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Does dirt have an age?

Dirt is still being produced all the time, albeit in much lesser quantities. Beneath the soil's surface, rocks constantly react with rainwater or groundwater and slowly grind together to break down into smaller minerals. So in that respect, dirt really isn't that old.
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