Obtaining
Mined with a stone pickaxe or better; a wooden pickaxe drops nothing. It generates underground, most commonly below the surface stone layer.
Smelting
Iron Ore
smelt→
One lump of coal smelts eight ore blocks into ingots.
Usage
Smelt it into iron ingots for armour, a sword, buckets, shears and everything iron.
Smelting ingredient
Iron Ingot
smelt→
One lump of coal smelts eight ore blocks.