Cubestone
Cubestone is a special type of stone discovered (accidentally) and named by Fubaka on the 4th of January, 2012 while making some repairs from WorldEdit.
(The following information is pending change, when the Minecraft 1.5 update is released)
Properties
Cubestone looks practically identical to Stone Slabs. The only difference is that when joined, it makes an uncreased whole block, and when in half, it looks like that same block cut in half. It shares the same name as Stone Slab in the inventory, but does not stack with Stone Slabs.
Obtaining Cubestone
Cubestone is impossible to obtain naturally. However, if one brings stone slabs to Fubaka or any other Moderator +, they could convert it to Cubestone for you. Just remember not to confuse your Cubestone Slabs with regular Stone Slabs, as, stated earlier, they share the same name in the inventory.
(A single block of Cubestone.)
Later, Fubaka would design a logo for the wiki based off this mysterious block:
The Great Cubestone Disaster of '12-'13
After the seemingly innocent introduction of nether brick slabs in Minecraft 1.4.6 on December the 29th 2012, the data value for Cubestone was changed to suffix ":7" instead of ":6". While in itself only a minor change, this meant that all structures constructed using Cubestone were now made with netherbrick slabs instead.
Later on, in the early 13w snapshots, Cubestone was removed entirely from the game, in order to make room for another new slab, Nether Quartz, which took the remaining slab ID. This called Fubaka and the rest of the server to enter a state of panic and petition Mojang to bring the block back, as detailed in this thread: [1]
After a week of petitioning on Reddit, Jeb finally took notice and decided to keep Cubestone in the game under a different Block ID. In snapshot 13w04a, released January 24th, 2013, Cubestone was brought back as Block 43:8, along with a similarly conditioned block referred to as Smooth Sandstone, which is Block 43:9. From here on out, Cubestone no longer came in the form of slabs, but rather, as whole blocks.
Even as such, the 1.5 update will require another batch conversion of the server, to replace all occuring instances of 44:7 with 43:8, since all Cubestone in structures will be replaced again, this time by Nether Quartz.
While Cubestone is now back in the game, presumably for good, it is still unknown as to whether or not it will become an officially implemented block with its own crafting recipe. Jeb has suggested though, that it is a stern possibility.
Trivia
- The discoverer of this block initially planned on calling it Fubakastone, but then decided not to be so egotistical.
- For Moderators + who want to spawn Cubestone, type /i slab:7 <number> to get it.
- Fubaka uses vader369's Evil Fire to temper stone slabs into Cubestone. Side effects have been reported to include nightmares given to those who sleep near the stone, and a strange evil aura coming from the blocks.
- On the Minecraft Wiki, Cubestone is known as Block 447.