As I rendered a new world I pressed F3 to check everything seemed ok, looked at dirt and say the model was IDUNNOMYNAME:*C, it occured for sand and logs also.
Environment
java version "1.7.0_60"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_60-b19)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.60-b09, mixed mode)
Operating system: Ubuntu 14.04
Linked issues
is duplicated by 11
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I can confirm that this happens also in creative mode, and to most blocks (not all were tested).