Diorite

Diorite

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Diorite is a type of igneous rock.

Polished diorite is the polished version of diorite.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Diorite can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Diorite attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in veins of size 1-33, from altitudes 0 to 79, in all biomes.

Diorite generates in weaponsmith houses, tannery houses, and mason houses in snowy tundra villages.

In Bedrock Edition, diorite generates in coral reefs, replacing some blocks of coral crust.

Polished diorite also generate in warm underwater ruins.

Breaking

Diorite can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Diorite Polished Diorite
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Diorite	Cobblestone + Nether Quartz	2
Polished Diorite	Diorite	4

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Polished Diorite	Diorite

Trading

Apprentice-level stone mason villagers have a ¹⁄₄ chance to sell 4 polished diorite for an emerald as part of their trades.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to sell 4 polished diorite for an emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Usage

Diorite is currently used only for decoration. It has the same blast resistance as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Andesite	Diorite + Cobblestone	2
Diorite Slab or Polished Diorite Slab	Diorite or Polished Diorite	66
Diorite Stairs or Polished Diorite Stairs	Diorite or Polished Diorite	44
Diorite Wall	Diorite	6
Granite	Diorite + Nether Quartz

Trading

Journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to buy 16 diorite for an emerald.

Note Blocks

Diorite and polished diorite can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Breaking the block	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	Mining the block	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Placing the block	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Translation key
Diorite	diorite	base_stone_overworld dripstone_replaceable_blocks‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]	block.minecraft.diorite
Polished Diorite	polished_diorite	None	block.minecraft.polished_diorite

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Diorite	stone	3	tile.stone.diorite.name tile.stone.dioriteSmooth.name

Block states

See also: Block states

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
stone_type	stone	stone	Stone
		granite	Granite
		granite_smooth	Polished Granite
		diorite	Diorite
		diorite_smooth	Polished Diorite
		andesite	Andesite
		andesite_smooth	Polished Andesite

Block data

Main article: data values

In Bedrock Edition, diorite uses the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Stone
	1	Granite
	2	Polished Granite
	3	Diorite
	4	Polished Diorite
	5	Andesite
	6	Polished Andesite

History

Java Edition
1.8		14w02a			Added diorite and polished diorite.
		14w10a			Stone with numerical metadata variants 7 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have a missing texture rather than appearing identical to stone.
		14w25a			Stone and its variants are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of stone were as follows: DV Description 0 Stone 1 Granite 2 Polished Granite 3 Diorite 4 Polished Diorite 5 Andesite 6 Polished Andesite 7-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of stone
		14w26a			Stone with metadata values 7 through 15 have now been completely removed from the game.
		14w33a			Diorite and polished diorite can no longer be used to craft stone slabs.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the stone ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 1 and had data values of 3 and 4.
		18w09a			Polished diorite now generates in underwater ruins.
July 11, 2018					Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated diorite texture.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of diorite has been changed.
		18w44a			The texture of diorite has been changed. Small adjustments have been made to diorite's texture.
					The texture of polished diorite has been changed.
		19w08a			The texture of diorite has been changed, once again.
1.16		20w07a			As piglins may now barter gold ingots for nether quartz (one of the crafting ingredients for diorite, alongside cobblestone) and cobblestone and gold ingots both being renewable sources), diorite is now renewable.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0		build 1			Added diorite and polished diorite.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Polished diorite can now be found in igloo basements under carpets.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Diorite can now generate as part of coral reefs.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Polished diorite now generates in underwater ruins.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs, slabs and walls.
					Polished diorite can now be used to craft polished diorite stairs and slabs.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of diorite and polished diorite have been changed.
					Diorite now generates in the brand new snowy tundra villages.
					Diorite can now be sold to stone mason villagers.
					Polished diorite can now be obtained from trading with stone mason villagers.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has been changed, stone mason villagers now have a 1⁄3 chance to buy 16 diorite and 1⁄3 chance to sell 14 polished diorite for an emerald.
		beta 1.11.0.5			The texture of diorite has been changed, again.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.3			Trading has been changed, once again. Apprentice-level stone mason villagers now have a 25% chance to sell 4 polished diorite.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added diorite and polished diorite.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The textures of diorite and polished diorite have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added diorite and polished diorite.

Issues

Issues relating to "Diorite" or "Polished Diorite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• In real life, diorite is an intrusive igneous rock, meaning that it is formed from magma (thus igneous) that has cooled and turned into the rock below the surface of the Earth (thus intrusive).
• Diorite's extrusive equivalent is andesite, meaning that andesite and diorite are made of the same minerals, but andesite rocks are formed outside the Earth instead.
  • In other words, diorite is rock formed from cooled magma, and andesite is rock formed from cooled lava.
• Diorite is composed mainly of feldspar and small amounts of quartz and other minerals. It is an extremely hard rock and difficult to carve and work with.
• In Minecraft: Story Mode, Reuben's grave on Episode 4 is made out of diorite and a new stair variant of it which cannot be found in Minecraft until the Village & Pillage update, which was announced roughly 3 years after Episode 4. It is unknown whether diorite slabs are present.

Gallery

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  Naturally generated diorite in a forest.

• 

  Naturally generated diorite and other counterparts in a cave.

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  Naturally generated diorite and other counterparts in a mountain.

Java Edition

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  Polished granite as seen in the "Bountiful Update" screenshot released by Mojang

See also

• Andesite
• Granite
• Stone

References

Blocks

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