Diamond Ore

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Diamond ore is a rare ore that generates deep underground, and drops diamonds when mined.

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

The diamond ore block itself (rather than its diamond drops) can be obtained by mining it with an iron pickaxe or better, with the Silk Touch enchantment. When mined without Silk Touch, diamond ore drops a single diamond and 3–7XP. The maximum number of diamonds dropped from a diamond ore block can be increased with Fortune. Fortune I gives a 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.

Diamond ore generates in the Overworld in the form of ore features, and is more common as the altitude decreases. Diamond ore blocks have a chance to not generate if they are exposed to 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 aquifers.

Diamond ore generation occurs in four batches:

• 7 blobs of 1-5 ores per 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 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 stone, andesite, diorite, granite, tuff, and 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 fossils that generate below Y=0, replacing some of the bone blocks.

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

The primary usage of diamond ore is to mine it for diamonds.

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• 👁 Image by Mojang Studios of a diamond ore concealed behind lava.
  
  Image by Mojang Studios of a diamond ore concealed behind lava.
• 👁 Some diamond ores above lava.
  
  Some diamond ores above lava.
• 👁 Alex mining for diamonds.
  
  Alex mining for diamonds.

Issues relating to "Diamond Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• In some blob formations, ores connect diagonally.
• After the 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 diamonds form from highly compressed coal.
  • In fact, diamonds mostly form from carbon that comes from carbonate rocks,^[3] and are completely unrelated to coal which forms from dead plants.

• 👁 An exposed blob containing 8 diamond ores.
  
  An exposed blob containing 8 diamond ores.
• 👁 An exposed blob containing 10 diamond ores.
  
  An exposed blob containing 10 diamond ores.
• 👁 Naturally generated diamond and redstone ores in a cave.
  
  Naturally generated diamond and redstone ores in a cave.
• 👁 Multiple ores, found in the new big cave.
  
  Multiple ores, found in the new big cave.
• 👁 Naturally generated diamond ore, redstone ore and lapis lazuli ore found in a canyon.
  
  Naturally generated diamond ore, redstone ore and lapis lazuli ore found in a canyon.
• 👁 A deepslate diamond ore generated in a fossil.
  
  A deepslate diamond ore generated in a fossil.

• 👁 Makena mining for diamonds
  
  Makena mining for diamonds

• 👁 A "satisfying" GIF of diamond ores falling into place endlessly.[4]
  
  A "satisfying" GIF of diamond ores falling into place endlessly.^[4]
• 👁 A parody of a popular meme, depicting Steve giving up only one block away from a large blob of diamond ore while Ari presumably obtains them instead.
  
  A parody of a popular meme, depicting Steve giving up only one block away from a large blob of diamond ore while Ari presumably obtains them instead.
• 👁 Diamond ore as it appeared in Minecraft Earth.
  
  Diamond ore as it appeared in Minecraft Earth.
• 👁 Diamond ore as it appears in Minecraft Legends.
  
  Diamond ore as it appears in Minecraft Legends.
• 👁 A group of diamond ores.
  
  A group of diamond ores.
• 👁 A diamond ore bath bomb, from the Minecraft x LUSH collection.
  
  A diamond ore bath bomb, from the Minecraft x LUSH collection.
• 👁 Steve mining diamonds whilst being hunted by a warden.
  
  Steve mining diamonds whilst being hunted by a warden.
• 👁 Steve and Henry mining diamonds.
  
  Steve and Henry mining diamonds.
• 👁 Diamond ore in A Minecraft Movie.
  
  Diamond ore in A Minecraft Movie.
• 👁 Diamond ore as seen in Choose Your Mode.
  
  Diamond ore as seen in Choose Your Mode.
• 👁 Diamond ore pin.
  
  Diamond ore pin.

• 👁 Image
  Block of Diamond
• 👁 Image
  Diamond
• 👁 ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in Minecraft
  Tutorials/Diamonds

• Block of the Week: Diamond Ore – Minecraft.net on October 20, 2017