Earth Crystal (Thaumcraft 5)

The Earth Crystal is a glowing ore added by Thaumcraft 5. It is found in clusters of 1-64. When mined, it will drop 1-4 Earth Shards (the number of shards it will drop is countable by looking at the block). Silk Touch is ineffective against the Earth Crystal, and due to Minecraft 1.8's rendering issues, the block in the inventory is rendered as an item.

Earth Crystals will grow from the Aura in the air. However, they cannot be farmed without the Crystal Farmer Research.



Crystal Farmer Research
"Crystal Farmer" is a Research added by Thaumcraft 5. With it, Earth Shards can be planted to make Air Crystals, and right-clicking a single shard on an Earth Crystal with a Wand will remove just that one Earth Shard.