
It looks just like Purpur Pillar, but some of the sides are the wrong way.
It serves no functional purpose.
Recipe: Purpur Block in a Furnace or Blast Furnace.

The smelting recipe notably gives 10 XP.
In Minecraft Bedrock Edition, there's an unused block that's just like this...
at least, I THOUGHT it was!
Turns out, the Bedrock Edition block just has the normal Purpur Texture!! I was wrong the entire time!!! Oh well.
< On the left is a Smooth Purpur. On the right is a regular old Purpur Pillar. >
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