Ores

Ores are resources that provide the item that the ore holds. Coal Ore, Diamond Ore, and Lapis Lazui Ore are the only blocks that drop the item then the actual block. Iron Ore and Gold Ore give the ore. In order to make tools and their blocks (not the ore blocks), you must smelt them.

Trivia

 * Coal ore was the first ore to be put into the Pocket Edition.
 * Redstone is the only ore that cannot be collected. In the PC/Mac and the 360 versions, it is used to create complicated machines.