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# Reference

## Description

A reference property is a property that references another block in Minecraft and as such only requires the data value to be a string of the block you want.

## Data Object

### Block / <mark style="color:red;">`block`</mark> / String

Block refers to the block id you would like to reference for all your block properties to be from.

## Example

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```json
{
    "type": "reference",
    "block": "minecraft:dirt"
}
```

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