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{{About||the item|Diamond|the mineral block|Block of Diamond}}
{{Infobox block
| group = Diamond Ore
| 1-1 = Diamond Ore.png
| group2 = Deepslate Diamond Ore
| 2-1 = Deepslate Diamond Ore.png
| invimage = Diamond Ore
| invimage2 = Deepslate Diamond Ore
| transparent = No
| light = No
| tool = Iron Pickaxe
| hardness = '''Diamond Ore''': {{Hardness values|Diamond Ore}}<br>
'''Deepslate Diamond Ore''': {{Hardness values|Deepslate Diamond Ore}}
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}
'''Diamond ore''' is a rare [[Minecraft:ore]] that generates deep underground, and drops [[Minecraft:diamond]]s when mined.

'''Deepslate diamond ore''' is a variant of diamond ore that can generate in [[Minecraft:deepslate]] and [[Minecraft:tuff]] blobs, and is more common than its regular variant.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
The diamond ore block itself (rather than its [[Minecraft:diamond]] drops) can be obtained by mining it with an [[Minecraft:iron pickaxe]] or better, with the [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]] enchantment. When mined without Silk Touch, diamond ore drops a single diamond and {{xp|3|7}}. The maximum number of diamonds dropped from a diamond ore block can be increased with [[Minecraft:Fortune]]. Fortune I gives a {{frac|1|3}} chance for 2 diamonds, averaging 1.33 diamonds, Fortune II gives a 25% chance (each) to give 2 or 3 diamonds, averaging 1.75 diamonds, and Fortune III gives a 20% chance (each) to give 2, 3, or 4 diamonds, averaging 2.2 diamonds.

{{Breaking row
|Diamond Ore;Deepslate Diamond Ore
|link=none; none
|Pickaxe; Pickaxe
|Iron; Iron
|drop=0; 0}}

=== Natural generation ===
{{see also|Ore (feature)}}
[[File:Chunk of Diamond Ores.png|alt=Ore feature of diamond ores|thumb|right|Ore feature of diamond ore.]]
Diamond ore generates in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]] in the form of [[Minecraft:Ore (feature)|ore feature]]s, and is more common as the [[Minecraft:altitude]] decreases. Diamond ore blocks have a chance to not generate if they are exposed to [[Minecraft:air]]; however, they do not have a reduced chance to generate if exposed to water or lava, making them appear more commonly on the walls of [[Minecraft:aquifer]]s.

Diamond ore generation occurs in four batches:

* 7 blobs of 1-5 ores per [[Minecraft:chunk]], from Y=16 to Y=-63. There is a 50% chance to not generate an ore block if it is next to air.
* 1 blob of 1-23 ores every {{frac|1|9}} chunks, from Y=16 to Y=-63. There is a 70% chance to not generate an ore block if it is next to air.
* 4 blobs of 1-10 ores per chunk, from Y=16 to Y=-63. Ore blocks do not generate if they are next to air.
* 2 blobs of 1-10 ores per chunk, from Y=-4 to Y=-63. There is a 50% chance to not generate an ore block if it is next to air.

Diamond ore can replace [[Minecraft:stone]], [[Minecraft:andesite]], [[Minecraft:diorite]], [[Minecraft:granite]], [[Minecraft:tuff]], and [[Minecraft:deepslate]]. Diamond ore that replaces tuff or deepslate becomes deepslate diamond ore, which is more common than its regular variant because diamond ore is more likely to generate at lower altitudes.

Deepslate diamond ore also generates as part of [[Minecraft:fossil]]s that generate below Y=0, replacing some of the [[Minecraft:bone block]]s.

Deepslate diamond ore is most commonly found at Y=-58 and Y=-59.

{{Block distribution}}

== Usage ==
The primary usage of diamond ore is to [[#Breaking|mine]] it for [[Minecraft:diamond]]s.
=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{smelting
| showname = 1
| Diamond Ore; Deepslate Diamond Ore
| Diamond
| 1
}}

=== Note blocks ===
Diamond ore can be placed under [[Minecraft:note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

=== Sulfur cube ===
{{In development|section=1|drop=Chaos Cubed}}
[[Minecraft:Sulfur cube]]s have the ability to absorb diamond ore and deepslate diamond ore, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

== Sounds ==
=== Diamond ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

=== Deepslate diamond ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Deepslate}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Diamond Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=diamond_ore
|blocktags=diamond_ores, mineable/pickaxe, needs_iron_tool
|itemtags=diamond_ores|showblocktags=y}}
{{ID table
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=java
|displayname=Deepslate Diamond Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_diamond_ore
|blocktags=diamond_ores, mineable/pickaxe, needs_iron_tool
|itemtags=diamond_ores
|foot=1
}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Diamond Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=diamond_ore
|id=56}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Diamond Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_diamond_ore
|id=660
|foot=1
}}

== Video ==
{{yt|dxX4SaCkeG4}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100128-2200|[[File:Diamond Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added diamond ore. Initially, it was referred to as "emerald ore".}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100130|Emerald ore from the previous version is now referred to as diamond ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100201-2227|The drop rate of diamonds has been reduced to 1 per ore mined (down from 1-3).}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|Diamond ore no longer generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100320|Diamond ore blobs now generate, but differently.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100325-1545|Ore blobs now appear more like they do today.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100327|Diamond ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the [[Minecraft:ore]] blocks were replaced by [[Minecraft:stone]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100330|Diamond ore no longer regenerates.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6|dev=Test Build 3|Before this update, diamond was about 50% rarer in the north-east quadrant of the point (0,0) compared to the quadrant to the south-west. In this update, [[Minecraft:clay]] blocks are now more rare than diamond due to a glitch.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|Diamond ore has now become about 25% rarer.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Diamond ore can now be collected with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]], dropping the block itself.
|Diamond ore now drops extra diamonds with the [[Minecraft:Fortune]] enchantment.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w22a|[[Minecraft:Mining]] diamond ore now drops [[Minecraft:experience]] orbs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||Texture Update|link=Texture Update|dev=January 4, 2018|slink={{tweet|JAPPA|948841704223838208}}|[[File:Diamond Ore TextureUpdate Revision 1.png|32px]] A new texture for diamond ore has been proposed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Diamond Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of diamond ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w08a|[[File:Diamond Ore JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of diamond ore has been changed, once again.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w06a|The height limit was expanded down to Y{{=}}-64. Diamond ores are temporary generating from Y{{=}}-64 instead of Y{{=}}0.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w07a|[[File:Diamond Ore JE4.png|32px]] The texture of diamond ore has been changed.
|Diamond ore now generates as a triangle spread, generating below Y{{=}}16 and peaking at Y{{=}}-64.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 17, 2021|slink={{Tweet|HenrikKniberg|1362095363314876418}}|[[File:Deepslate Diamond Ore (pre-release).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Henrik Kniberg]] shows a [[Minecraft:grimstone]] variant of diamond ore, its texture made by [[Minecraft:JAPPA]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 18, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1362400118784286723}}|[[File:Deepslate Diamond Ore (pre-release 2).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:JAPPA]] shows a new texture for the grimstone variant of diamond ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 22, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1363828589708382210}}|[[File:Deepslate Diamond Ore (pre-release 3).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:JAPPA]] shows updated [[Minecraft:grimstone]] variant of diamond ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w08a|[[File:Deepslate Diamond Ore JE1.png|32px]] Added the deepslate diamond ore, which take place of diamond ores that generate in deepslate.
|Added <code>diamond_ores</code> block [[Minecraft:tag]].
|If a diamond ore in a [[Minecraft:Ore (feature)|blob]] is exposed to air, it has a 50% chance of not generating.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=March 2, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1366733338023665665}}|[[File:Diamond Ore JE5 BE5.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:JAPPA]] shows updated diamond ore texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=March 4, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1367460045903040517}}|[[File:Deepslate Diamond Ore (pre-release 4).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:JAPPA]] shows updated [[Minecraft:deepslate]] variant of diamond ore texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w10a|[[File:Diamond Ore JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Deepslate Diamond Ore JE2.png|32px]] Tweaked the diamond ore textures.
|Deepslate diamond ore now generates instead of [[Minecraft:coal ore]] on [[Minecraft:fossil]]s that generate below Y{{=}}0.
|Diamond ore [[Minecraft:Ore (feature)|blob]]s are now smaller but slightly more frequent, making diamond ore overall less common.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w11a|Slightly increased the frequency of diamond ore blobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w13a|Larger diamond ore blobs sometimes form.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w15a|All the changes to diamond ore generation in the previous 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the [[Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.1|dev=pre2|Now diamond ore generates at the correct Y-levels.<ref>{{bug|MC-229191||Diamond ore distribution changed between 1.16.5 and 1.17|Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=Experimental Snapshot 1|Diamond ore once again generates the way it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack.
|Slightly increased the frequency of diamond ore blobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w40a|Increased the amount of unexposed diamond ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.2|dev=23w31a|Diamond ore now generates more frequently in deepslate layers.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb diamond ore, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|[[File:Diamond Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added diamond ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|Diamond ore is now obtainable.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Mining diamond ore now drops [[Minecraft:experience]] orbs.
|Diamond ore can now be collected with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]], dropping the [[Minecraft:block]] itself.
|Diamond ore now [[Minecraft:Drops|drop]] extra [[Minecraft:diamond]]s with the [[Minecraft:Fortune]] enchantment.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Diamond Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of diamond ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.5|[[File:Diamond Ore JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of diamond ore has been changed, once again.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.220.50|[[File:Diamond Ore JE4 BE4.png|32px]] The texture of diamond ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|[[File:Deepslate Diamond Ore JE2.png|32px]] Added deepslate diamond ore behind the Caves & Cliffs [[Minecraft:Experimental Gameplay]] toggle.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.54|[[File:Diamond Ore JE5.png|32px]] Diamond ore texture was updated.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.56|In the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay, diamond ore blob now generates as a triangle spread generating below Y{{=}}15 and peaking at Y{{=}}-64, and are now smaller. Larger diamond ore blobs now sometimes form.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.17.0.52|Deepslate diamond ore now generates without the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay.
|Diamond ore blob was unintentionally made twice as smaller.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-127555||Diamond ores are very rare|Fixed}}</ref> }}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.2|Diamond ore once again generates in the expected amounts when not using the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.2|exp=Caves and Cliffs|In the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay, diamond ore blob was unintentionally made twice as big.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.40|dev=beta 1.17.40.20|Slightly increased the frequency of diamond ore blobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.20|Removed the "Caves & Cliffs" experimental toggle. New diamond ore generation is now available through normal gameplay.
|Diamond ore generation has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.
|The size of diamond ore blob is expected to be decreased to match ''Java Edition''. However, it now generates in wrong size.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.21|Increased the amount of unexposed diamond ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.22|Diamond ore generation height has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.24|Increased the amount of unexposed diamond ore again to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.1|Diamond ore blob now generates in correct size.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.10|dev=beta 1.18.10.21|Deepslate diamond ore now generates instead of [[Minecraft:coal ore]] on [[Minecraft:fossil]]s that generate below Y{{=}}0.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Increased the blast resistance of deepslate diamond ore from 1.8 to 3.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.20.30.20|Diamond ore now generates more frequently in deepslate layers.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.20|dev=Preview 26.20.23|exp=Drop 2 of 2026|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb both diamond ore and deepslate diamond ore, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Diamond Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added diamond ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[Minecraft:Mining]] diamond ore now drops [[Minecraft:experience]] orbs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Diamond Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of diamond ore has been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Diamond Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added diamond ore.}}
}}

<gallery>
File:Lava Diamonds.jpg|Image by [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]] of a diamond ore concealed behind lava.
File:diamondore-ingame.webp|Some diamond ores above [[Minecraft:lava]].
File:ti-diamond-header.jpeg|[[Minecraft:Alex]] mining for [[Minecraft:diamond]]s.
</gallery>

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w06a|Diamond ore now uses the newly-implemented model json file {{code|models/block/cube.json}}; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 56.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* In some blob formations, [[Minecraft:ore]]s connect diagonally.
* After the [[Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs]] update, diamond ore is the only type of Overworld ore that largely keeps the classic ore texture, with only some minor tweaks to coloration.
* The ''Minecraft'' mechanic that diamond ore replaces coal ore in fossils that generate in deepslate layers, is in accordance with the common misconception in real life that {{w|diamond}}s form from highly compressed {{w|coal}}.
** In fact, diamonds mostly form from carbon that comes from {{w|carbonate rock}}s,<ref>[https://geology.com/articles/diamonds-from-coal/ How do diamonds form? They don't form from coal!] – Geology.com in 2012</ref> and are completely unrelated to coal which form from dead plants.

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Diamond Ore blob.png|An exposed blob containing 8 diamond ores.
File:10 ore diamond blob in 1.16.1.png|An exposed blob containing 10 diamond ores.
File:Natural Diamond Ore.png|Naturally generated diamond and redstone ores in a cave.
File:Multiple ores.png|Multiple ores, found in the new big cave.
File:Deep ores.png|Naturally generated diamond ore, [[Minecraft:redstone ore]] and [[Minecraft:lapis lazuli ore]] found in a [[Minecraft:canyon]].
File:CaveFossil.png|A deepslate diamond ore generated in a [[Minecraft:fossil]].
</gallery>

=== Mojang screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Jump Scare.jpg|[[Minecraft:Makena]] mining for diamonds
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:Satisfying... wait for it.gif|A "satisfying" gif of diamond ores falling into place endlessly.<ref>https://giphy.com/gifs/minecraft-loop-diamond-geometric-Yh0qLwfpAogL9vVxhL</ref>
File:Never give up.jpeg|A parody of a popular meme, depicting [[Minecraft:Steve]] giving up only one [[Minecraft:block]] away from a large blob of diamond ore while [[Minecraft:Ari]] presumably obtains them instead.
File:Diamond Ore (inventory) MCE.png|[[Minecraft:MCE:Diamond ore|Diamond ore]] as it appeared {{in|Earth}}.
File:Diamond Journal Icon MCL.png|[[Minecraft:MCL:Diamond|Diamond ore]] as it appears {{in|Legends}}.
File:4402dee2b46d262a4867a47082852772-diamondoreheader.webp|A group of diamond ores.
File:LUSH Article Diamond Ore Block Bath Bomb.jpg|A diamond ore bath bomb, from the [[Minecraft:Minecraft x LUSH collection]].
File:Plans this year.jpeg|[[Minecraft:Steve]] mining [[Minecraft:diamond]]s whilst being hunted by a [[Minecraft:warden]].
File:AMCM Hero Pack Cave v6 Diamond.jpeg|{{AMCM|Steve}} and {{AMCM|Henry}} mining diamonds.
File:AMCM Diamonds.jpeg|Diamond ore in {{amcm}}.
File:CYM Diamond Ore.png|Diamond ore as seen in [[Minecraft:Choose Your Mode]].
Diamond Ore Pin.jpg|Diamond ore pin.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* {{BlockLink|Block of Diamond}}
* {{ItemLink|Diamond}}
* {{ItemSprite|Diamond}} [[Minecraft:Tutorials/Diamonds]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-diamond-ore Block of the Week: Diamond Ore] – Minecraft.net on October 20, 2017

== Navigation ==
{{Navbox diamond}}
{{Navbox ore}}
{{Navbox blocks|Natural}}

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