The Better Minerals mod adds 8 new Ores and items for them along with 16 new tool sets that show off the MOH's hardness scale.
The Moh's hardness scale says that minerals can scratch minerals that are softer than them. With 1 (talc) as the lowest and 10(diamond) as the hardest, you can use different minerals to see their hardness.
I added 8 new ores with gems/crystals and ore blocks for each. Each is the representative of a place on the MOH's hardness scale:
| Hardness | Mineral |
|---|---|
| 1 | Talc |
| 2 | Gypsum |
| 3 | Calcite |
| 4 | Flourite |
| 5 | Apatite |
| 6 | Orthoclase |
| 7 | Quartz |
| 8 | Topaz |
| 9 | Corundum / Sapphire |
| 10 | Diamond |
Quartz and diamond are already in the game but quartz doesn't have many uses. I added 9 tool sets and 9 armor sets (diamond already has these).
Corundum is a type of mineral and Sapphires are a subset of them. Sapphires can be any color except red. A red sapphire is a ruby.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.7.10
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as The_Better_Minerals_Mod-1.7.10-1.5.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 372 KB
- Download link checked 8 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.