New Nuggets

Along with Gold & Iron Nuggets, various other ores and blocks now have new, smaller nugget forms.

Crafting

Cobblestone, Copper, Diamonds and Emeralds now have "nugget" forms. Placing these in a crafting table will grant 9 "nuggets", and placing 9 nuggets in a crafting table will grant the ore or block back.

These Nuggets can also be gained from fishing, where special fish can be smelted down to nuggets.

Uses

Cobblestone can be crafted into 9 rocks, Copper can be crafted into 9 copper nuggets, and Diamonds and Emeralds can be crafted into shards. These can be used to make you look richer than you actually are.

A stack (64) of Nuggets, Rocks or Shards can be crafted into 7 of their respective item.

Rock

Copper nugget

Diamond Shard

emerald shard