Block of Diamond

Block of Diamond

Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data value	dec: 57 hex: 39 bin: 111001
Name	diamond_block

This article is about the solid Blocks of Diamond. For the ore, see Diamond Ore. For the gem, see Diamond.

A block of diamond is a decorative mineral block.

Obtaining

Blocks of diamond can only be mined using an iron or diamond pickaxe.

Block	Block of Diamond
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	25
Wooden	12.5
Stone	6.25
Iron	1.25
Diamond	0.95
Golden	2.1

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Diamond

Natural generation

Diamond blocks spawn as the cores of "obsidian rooms" and "lava rooms" in woodland mansions.

Usage

Blocks of diamond can be used to store diamonds in a compact fashion.

Beacons

Blocks of diamond can be used to "power" a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of diamond blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5×5, 7×7 and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon. The layers do not have to be entirely diamond blocks, as they may also contain blocks of iron, blocks of gold, and blocks of emerald.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Diamond	Block of Diamond	9

History

Indev
0.31			January 29, 2010		Added blocks of diamond. Initially, it was referred to as emerald blocks.
			January 30, 2010		Emerald blocks from the previous version is now referred to as diamond blocks.
Alpha
1.2.0					Texture changed. However, the unused sides remained in the terrain.png for a brief time.
Beta
1.2					The unused sides removed from terrain.png.
Official release
1.0.0			Beta 1.9-pre5		Texture slightly changed; was given less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.
1.4.2			12w32a		Diamond blocks can be used to activate a beacon.
1.11			16w39a		Diamond blocks now can be found in woodland mansions.
July 19, 2017					Jeb tweets image of a new obsidian and diamond block textures.
July 20, 2017					Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updates diamond block texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added block of diamond.
0.16.0					Block of diamond is now used to activate beacons.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Diamond blocks now can be found in woodland mansions.
Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1		Added block of diamond.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Now can be used to construct beacon pyramids.

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Trivia

• One block of diamond and one wooden log is exactly enough to create a 80% set of diamond tools with one or no sticks left over, depending on if you use a sword or a hoe.

Blocks

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