Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-31507215-20170404132912

Zinc - verb. To dezend below ze zurface of ze vater.

Ahem. Sorry.

The point of this suggestion is (as the title implies) to add Zinc and Brass. They could be used to make many things, would give an extra use for a copper and sulphur, and might support a few other suggestions that have been already posted.

Notes:
 * This is a collection of ideas that I have gotten from doing research. Not all of them need to be implemented if this suggestion is succesful, but I thought they would be worth mentioning.
 * All of the research that I have done (at this point) on this subject was from Wikipedia. I do not fully trust it, but I didn't want to use tons of time to find qualified websites that may not end up giving useful information. I may do more research later, but until that time, feel free to take some of these "facts" with a grain of salt.
 * The idea for this suggestion came from a discussion I had with AlteOgre. I want to thank him for his continued tolerance. :)
 * I may add textures at some point.

Zinc

Zinc is a fairly common element found throughout the planet. In Minecraft, it would be found naturally as an ore (possibly called Sphalerite) that would be about as common as copper and tin. It would function similarly to most other ores. The ore could be mined with a stone level (or higher) pickaxe. When mined, it would drop as a block. The block could then be smelted to obtain one Zinc Bar per block. It could also be alloyed directly with copper, but I will get to that in a while.

A single Zinc Bar could be crafted on a Vanilla Crafting table (or your personal grid) to get four(?) Zinc Dust. The Zinc Dust can be used as a white dye on its own, but it can be crafted into other things.

(I don't know if this would be do-able, but it would be fun, and is somewhat scientific!) One Zinc Powder could then be combined with one Sulphur to make two Zinc Sulphate. The Zinc Sulphate by itself would be useless, but if you craft it again, it could be used to make Glow Dye. Green Glow Dye would be crafted with four Zinc Sulfate and one Copper Ingot, and would yield 8 green glow dye. Blue Glow Dye would be crafted with one silver nugget, and one Zinc Sulphate to yield 2 blue glow dye. The Glow Dyes could be used in any way normal dyes are used (maybe not clothes, even though it would be cool), the Blue dye looking the same as light blue dye, and the Green looking the same as lime. The difference would be that when a Glow Dye is used to color a block, (wool, tiles, etc.) the block would emit a light level of 7 (the same as a redstone torch, for those of you who haven't poured over Minecraft Wiki for hours). Like I said, this would be cool, but I don't know how do-able it would be.

Zinc and Sulfur can be combined to make explosions in real life. I don't know if it would be worth it, but here are my thoughts on how it might work. The Zinc Bomb would be crafted with three Zinc Powder, one Sulfur, and three Paper on a regular crafting table. I would be stackable up to 16, and when right clicked, would be thrown with the same trajectory/force as a splash potion. When the bomb comes in contact with something, it would explode with a blast radius of about a block and a quarter, but the explosion would not damage blocks, just mobs.

Brass

Bronze would be created by alloying a copper ingot and a zinc bar (or ore) in any forge. Brass would have many uses, but I will explain some of my thoughts.

Brass could be used to make urns, which could be used to hold liquids, or hold flowers, or just as a decoration.

If possible, it would be fun if you could craft a brass ingot with a leather tunic (or shirt, if they are added) in the same way as you add a nugget to a turban, and have beautiful brass buttons, like Bilbo!

Brass would also fit well with this suggestion on currency by Battledroid 56768, as some currencies are made with zinc and brass, and would also fit with this suggestion on instruments by me.

I am sure that there could be many more uses to brass, and I am open to suggestion.

There are my thoughts. I think that zinc would be a fun, useful, and probably realistic addition to the mod. Suggestions and Constructive Criticism welcome!

S'moregoth , Demise of all that is Edible  , Lord of Autumno  the Toasted    (Feel the Power!) 