Diamond

Diamond
Type:	item
Physics:	None
Found naturally:	Yes, in chests
Renewable:	Yes (Dropped by Enderman -- rare)

Diamonds are one the the rarest gems/items in Mine Blocks. They are also the most important one. They are used to craft an enchantment table. They are also used in crafting the best type of armor that you can get in the overworld. Diamonds are also used in crafting the last and strongest types of tools.

Obtaining

Diamond ore

One diamond is dropped by diamond ore if mined with an iron pickaxe or above. If the player does not use an iron pickaxe, then diamond ore will be unbreakable.

Enderman

There is a really small chance that a diamond is dropped by an enderman. The exact probability of this is unknown. While this makes the diamond technically renewable, it hardly affects the amount of diamonds which any player has.

Crafting

Nine diamonds can be gotten back from a diamond block.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Diamonds are really useful, as they are required in a lot of end game recipes.

The block of diamond is a more compact way of storing diamonds, because one block is holds nine diamonds.

Two diamonds are required in the crafting recipe for the enchantment table.

A diamond is required in the crafting recipe for the monster spawner.

Diamonds can be crafted into armor.

Diamonds can also be used to create tools.

Trivia

• Diamond armor, in real life, would be useless, since the form of particles giving it its crystal texture means it can be cut easily at an angle where it is flat. Since it is a game about blocks any 90' hit would slice your diamond armor in half. Lucky for us this doesn't happen!
• Diamond is the only gem that can be obtained in every dimension, since the enderman has a rare chance of dropping one, and the enderman spawns in the Overworld, the End, and the Nether.

Gallery

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  A diamond in Mine Blocks.

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  The player has discovered diamond ore.

See Also

• Diamond ore
• Diamond block
• Enderman