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Diamond Ore
First Appearance	Indev 0.31 (January 29, 2010)
Type of Block	Solid Block; Ore
Stackable?	(64)
Tool Used
Data Values	Hex: 38 Dec: 56
Obeys Physics?
Luminosity
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Diamond Ore is the most valuable resource for tools and armor found in Minecraft. Immediately after mining the block, you acquire a diamond, rather than the ore itself. Diamond can be used to make very strong tools and durable armor. However, diamonds are quite hard to find, and are usually located from 0 to 18 layers above the bedrock level. To mine diamond ore, the player will need an iron pickaxe or better. To obtain the diamond ore block, it must be mined with the Silk Touch enchantment.

TriviaEdit

• When diamond was first introduced, it was called emerald.
• Diamond, like other ores, is easier to find in caves and empty lava pools, as this gives more surface area.
• Like other ores, diamond was about 50% more common in the quadrant south-west of the point (0,0) compared to the north-east quadrant. However, this was fixed in Beta 1.6.
• In some vein formations, ores connect diagonally. Therefore it is recommended to mine around diamond ore. This also permits checking for lava.
• Diamond Ore, along with other ores, appears in the background on the achievement page.
• Diamonds are the second rarest item in the game, the first being emerald ore, as of 1.3.2, which comes in smaller veins than diamond, usually only 1 or 2 ore blocks.
• Diamond ore cannot be found or placed in Classic as of version 0.30.
• Diamond ore is the most praised and used ore both on the PC and on the Xbox 360 edition since the ore provides stronger armor, tools and weapons.
• Like coal ore, Diamond ore doesn't need to be smelted.
• Diamond Ore is technically not an ore as it is a precious stone rather than a malleable material/metal.
• Diamond Ore can have as many as 10 ores congruent, whereas gold ore only goes up to 9. This however is a rarity and is not always found.
• Diamond Ore is most popular at layer 12.
• If you are having trouble finding diamond, make a strip mine at level 10, and it will cover layers, 9, 10, 11, and 12!

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