Ores that are mined with a golden pickaxe do not drop their item form.
Also, golden pickaxes enchanted with Efficiency of any value do not have a faster mining speed
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Only realized this today also 😞
I'd always known special ores (Redstone, Gold, Lapis & Diamond) needed "at least" Iron pickaxe - was always under the assumption that Gold was "above" Iron.
Wasted a SilkTouch enchantment on a Golden pickaxe then :/
(well, at least it can be used for Glowstone - and moving bee nests)
Had no idea this was intentional not gonna lie, I've never used a golden pick before.