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ForestAgain

Vein of ore spawns in two layers at once

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Just an interesting ore generation detail I've stumbled across. I was looking for some Sphalerite inbetween two layers of stone. I was wondering whether the vein will be a gneiss one or rather full of schist. (no pun intended) It turned out to be both! I didn't know it could spawn in two layers at once like that. 

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According to the Wiki, sphalerite can spawn in both those rock types.

It may be that it has just randomly spawned in two layers at the same place.

It may be that when the vein was generated and spread, it doesn't care what rock type it is in when it spreads - only if it is allowed to spawn in that rock type...

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From my observations, I think veins spawn from a single point.  They then generate upwards and outwards, like a splash, or cyclone.  I say this because it seems like the densest part of a vein is almost always at the bottom, and it gets more spread out and diffuse as it goes up. and then it suddenly stops right below that dense point.  It seems like this represents around 75% of veins.  And in this context, as the vein generates upward, if it crosses into another rock type, and that rock can also host the mineral, then it keeps generating.  I think that in theory you could have a vein in three or four rock types, if you were on a horizontal as well as vertical rock boundary. 

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