I heard that lava with quartz has higher viscosity, so ever since then I've assumed that the Nether lava should be flowing slower because it's the only place where quartz is found.
I actually really like this idea It would imply that netherrack is probably an igneous rock with some silica/quartz inclusions, being nether quartz I did always wonder where the nether quartz came from
@@hannahrenner7295 that would make sense. Just like our eath contains iron ore veins and has small amount of iron in dirt minecraft nether has quartz veines and netherrack contains small amounts of quartz. Jesus I just realized my comment might sound so bad, I'm high 💀💀
i'm literally taking a geology class, and this topic was the previous chapter! as soon as i heard you talking about the steepness of volcanoes i was like "Oh! nether lava is more MAFIC and overworld lava is FELSIC!"
I had discounted the idea that it was made of a different material because you can take nether lava to the overworld and it will flow slow and you can take overworld lava to thee nether and it will flow fast
@Polska_Edits we are both using the logic of the video game to come to a solution. When i saw the title, i tried to answer the question myself. I decided that the nether must be hotter because lava flows faster because lava from the overworld behaves the same way, he came to the conclusion that they are different materials due to the blackbody emission spectrum of the material being the same across dimensions. We both used real-life logic combined with what we see in the games to cone to a conclusion. But this question is likely impossible to answer because it is a video game, but as he said, "its fun to think about"
another thing to consider - minecraft’s internal shaders make the nether much brighter than the overworld, even at light level 0. perhaps everything in the nether is a toasty ~1000°C, producing a lot of warm glows?
Someone who finally speaks my language explaining this is very nice. Here’s my theory, so we know how basalt forms in large deltas in the nether, so we can say the magma is mafic which aligns with the low viscosity. But due to their being quartz in the nether we know there has to be rhyolitic magma in the nether aswell. So because of this I believe the nether mainly consists of andesitic magma, which has a silica content of anywhere between 55-65 percent, which is right between mafic and rhyolitic magma, basalt deltas forming in areas that range closer to the 55% silica, and when there is quartz it’s because the magma that formed it was closer to 65% silica.
Imagine if lava in the nether was a different color (as in hotter) depending on the biome. It would make for interesting looking places, though they’ll never change the color because its kind of important that players dont think they just found water in the nether, and instead walk into boiling rock.
Ngl I kinda thought that since the Nether would be hotter than the over world it'd be less viscous cause the temperature (I know there's far more to the flow speed/thickness than just temperature but this was my thought process for several years lol)
I've never really thought about the lava flowing difference as it being hotter tbh, in fact I only found out about it by experiencing it myself and miserably dying like 2 years ago lol. So from my experience, I'd rather say that the lava flows farther and faster to show that the nether is a dangerous dimension to be in that can kill you fast and in unpredictable ways
I always presumed it wasn't the lava that they were trying to say was hotter, but the air n ground, thus the lava isn't cooling on its exterior n forming a hard shell that now needs to be dragged by the lava n slows it down. But it is really awesome that the geology of the nether supports the more viscous lava of the nether
The fact that the method of making basalt requires materials exclusive* to the nether implies that the game treats lava as coming from whatever dimensions based on the method you use to cool it.
The color being the same could just be a game thing, they didn't want to make a difference between nether lava and overworld lava in the game code aside from the lava being faster in the nether, and all the way back then, I could only imagine it was to imply heat. Idk though.
Could it just be that since the environment in the nether is so much hotter, it keeps the lava from cooling down as fast, allowing it to travel longer distances and spread much faster?
It's probably safe to assume that sand has a fair amount of quartz. Which makes it weird that quartz is only in the nether and sand is only in the overworld Also "naturally generated" glass lol
Sorry, it was an interesting video, buuuuut, you can take overworld lava to the nether and it’ll behave the same way as the lava that actually comes from the nether.
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I heard that lava with quartz has higher viscosity, so ever since then I've assumed that the Nether lava should be flowing slower because it's the only place where quartz is found.
amethyst is a type of quartz.
@@JimBimBum that's true, but lava doesn't specifically flow faster in geodes, so I was ignoring it for this comment
I actually really like this idea
It would imply that netherrack is probably an igneous rock with some silica/quartz inclusions, being nether quartz
I did always wonder where the nether quartz came from
Quartz is actually present in basalt although it is few.
@@hannahrenner7295 that would make sense. Just like our eath contains iron ore veins and has small amount of iron in dirt minecraft nether has quartz veines and netherrack contains small amounts of quartz.
Jesus I just realized my comment might sound so bad, I'm high 💀💀
i'm literally taking a geology class, and this topic was the previous chapter! as soon as i heard you talking about the steepness of volcanoes i was like "Oh! nether lava is more MAFIC and overworld lava is FELSIC!"
and I'm more PELVIC
Gesundheit
And Ireland is CELTIC
This explains why I am slow.
And then i STRUCK with the hidden wooden bat! Because geologists can only see rocks and minerals "just a silly joke"
Indeed, I concur. Those are nice shorts.
He could call clips taken from longer video gneiss cutoffs.
they look comfy, and easy to wear
I had discounted the idea that it was made of a different material because you can take nether lava to the overworld and it will flow slow and you can take overworld lava to thee nether and it will flow fast
Yeah, there are a lot of these inconsistencies that make stuff like this break down but its fun to think about.
Video game logic kills the fun
@Polska_Edits we are both using the logic of the video game to come to a solution. When i saw the title, i tried to answer the question myself. I decided that the nether must be hotter because lava flows faster because lava from the overworld behaves the same way, he came to the conclusion that they are different materials due to the blackbody emission spectrum of the material being the same across dimensions. We both used real-life logic combined with what we see in the games to cone to a conclusion. But this question is likely impossible to answer because it is a video game, but as he said, "its fun to think about"
@@killeroblivin you can have fun finding the awsner, but the video game logic kills said awsner 😔
@Polska_Edits my point was that everyone is using video game logic, video game logic giveth, and it taketh awayeth
you’re brilliant bro
another thing to consider - minecraft’s internal shaders make the nether much brighter than the overworld, even at light level 0. perhaps everything in the nether is a toasty ~1000°C, producing a lot of warm glows?
Someone who finally speaks my language explaining this is very nice. Here’s my theory, so we know how basalt forms in large deltas in the nether, so we can say the magma is mafic which aligns with the low viscosity. But due to their being quartz in the nether we know there has to be rhyolitic magma in the nether aswell. So because of this I believe the nether mainly consists of andesitic magma, which has a silica content of anywhere between 55-65 percent, which is right between mafic and rhyolitic magma, basalt deltas forming in areas that range closer to the 55% silica, and when there is quartz it’s because the magma that formed it was closer to 65% silica.
I love your channel, analysing video game lava scientifically is exactly the kind of goofy shit I adore. Keep it up man
Imagine if lava in the nether was a different color (as in hotter) depending on the biome. It would make for interesting looking places, though they’ll never change the color because its kind of important that players dont think they just found water in the nether, and instead walk into boiling rock.
They could just make it not get hot enough to be blue and stick to shades of red/orange/yellow
Can you make an analysis of rocks in the nether? Such as netherrack, blackstone, and even ancient debris.
ancient debris is scraps of old piglin war machines and structures, it’s a fictitious metal, not a rock, and it is impure
I'll keep this in mind whilst making my mod!, Thanks for the building concept for providing actual usefulness!
I always assumed this was due to the fact that distances in the nether were shorter than in the overworld
that’s dimensionally not literally
For the sake of a short, foregoing discussion of Quartz or Geodes makes sense, but id love a longer form video that takes those into account!
Stay in school kids, it helps you understand this guy's videos
You're singlehandedly reigniting my interest in geology
Ngl I kinda thought that since the Nether would be hotter than the over world it'd be less viscous cause the temperature (I know there's far more to the flow speed/thickness than just temperature but this was my thought process for several years lol)
Ur actually so cool I hope you channel does well
I've never really thought about the lava flowing difference as it being hotter tbh, in fact I only found out about it by experiencing it myself and miserably dying like 2 years ago lol. So from my experience, I'd rather say that the lava flows farther and faster to show that the nether is a dangerous dimension to be in that can kill you fast and in unpredictable ways
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Eyy he pronounced Kilauea properly
I always thought the implication was that the laws of physics are different in the Nether
I always presumed it wasn't the lava that they were trying to say was hotter, but the air n ground, thus the lava isn't cooling on its exterior n forming a hard shell that now needs to be dragged by the lava n slows it down. But it is really awesome that the geology of the nether supports the more viscous lava of the nether
Love this channel!
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The fact that the method of making basalt requires materials exclusive* to the nether implies that the game treats lava as coming from whatever dimensions based on the method you use to cool it.
good short
Suddenly I have desire to collect andesite, granite, diorite, basalt, tuff first time in minecraft.
Nice shorts
Geology for the win!! So does that mean that Netherack is basaltic as well?
This and the mole of moles are my favorite What Ifs
Explain
The color being the same could just be a game thing, they didn't want to make a difference between nether lava and overworld lava in the game code aside from the lava being faster in the nether, and all the way back then, I could only imagine it was to imply heat. Idk though.
YESSSSS
wow good to know
Could it just be that since the environment in the nether is so much hotter, it keeps the lava from cooling down as fast, allowing it to travel longer distances and spread much faster?
You forget that space, and therefore time is dilated in the nether...
You forget that that would mean that by that logic, everything in the nether should be faster!
Of course the Navy guy brings up Washington and Hawaii 😤😂
Got very gneiss shorts!
And that's why you can only make obsidian sith overworld lava! 🤓
Ok, hear me out. I know it's not the same voice, but you sound so much like CGP Grey it's crazy!
Note that the SAME lava changes behaviour depending on where it is.
yeah, ofc minecraft won’t add a separate liquid just for geologists, he is just explaining why it might flow faster
My mom has hiked to the top of mt. Rainier
It’s obviously the dimension since lava brought over from the over world acts like nether lava
Neat! It’s fun trying to fit some sort of real-life logic to the nonsense in this game lol
the nether lava flows faster also because the nether is "smaller". hence nether highways being a thing. dimensional compression
Could you do a short on carbonitite lava?
But you can bring nether lava to overworld and its viscosity changes
Explains while those 3 stones are only in the overworld and why the overworld looks that way.
Interestingly, lava is 1000 degrees in tinker's construct, they were close
It's probably safe to assume that sand has a fair amount of quartz. Which makes it weird that quartz is only in the nether and sand is only in the overworld
Also "naturally generated" glass lol
I see an implication there, is there a way to get faster flowing lava in a bucket and keep its fast flowing properties while in the overworld?
No, in the game code its exactly the same item. It just the dimension that changes it. This explanation is more of a in world explanation.
@@gneissname yeah that's what I concluded
Might be a glitch but my bedrock nether lave is insanely fast.
Are you suggesting lava can naturally be blue? (I know nothing about rocks and that is all I got from this video)
Sadly, no, rock vaporizes at 3000-3600 kelvin, which isn't past white on the graph, but this is why some stars are blue
Do we ever see lava in different colors like green or blue
there is some called blue lava but its sulfur burning and making a blue flame, not really the lava that's blue
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if overworld is in africa and nether in hawaii... where is the end?
Sorry, it was an interesting video, buuuuut, you can take overworld lava to the nether and it’ll behave the same way as the lava that actually comes from the nether.
he’s giving an inworld explanation not a code explanation…
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Gneiss pun in the i tro
It's bass-alt
Not ba-salt
I also aways used the logic of "the nether is the underworld", so gravity there would be stronger, thus pulling the lava further and faster
It's not really the underworld and the gravity is the same, so it's probably something else
the nether, end, overworld (and possibly the transitional worlds?) are completely separate dimensions and are not in the same planes of existence