Block of Diamond

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

Block of Diamond

Type	Solid block
Requirements	None
Physics	No
Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast Resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
First Appearance	Indev 0.31 (January 29, 2010)
Data value	dec: 57 hex: 39

Blocks of Diamond (also known as Diamond Blocks) are currently available in Indev, Infdev, Alpha, Beta, and the full version, and can be obtained by crafting nine Diamonds together in a 3x3 square. They currently serve no crafting purpose, and function only as decoration and as a means of storing diamonds in a compact fashion. Diamond blocks can only be mined successfully with an Iron or Diamond Pickaxe. They have the same texture on all six sides. They are thought to be one of, if not the, hardest item to acquire in-game with the exception of blocks requiring "silk touch".

[edit] Crafting

Ingredients	Input » Output
Diamond Gems

[edit] As a Crafting Material

Ingredients	Input » Output
Block of Diamond

[edit] History

Diamond blocks used to have a different skin. The skin was changed from to another texture in the Halloween Update. In the old block, three textures were used.

As of Beta 1.9pre5, the texture was modified, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.

Blocks
Natural	Air Bedrock Clay Block Cobblestone ( Mossy) Cobweb Dirt Gravel Ice Monster Egg Monster Spawner Sand Sandstone Obsidian Snow Stone Stone Brick ( Cracked • Mossy)
Manufactured	Bookshelf Brick Block Fence Glass ( Pane) Iron Bars Jack-O-Lantern Ladder Slab Snow Block Stairs Wooden Planks Wool
Ore	Coal Ore Diamond Ore Gold Ore Iron Ore Lapis Lazuli Ore Redstone Ore
Mineral Blocks	Block of Diamond Block of Gold Block of Iron Lapis Lazuli Block
Utility	Bed Brewing Stand Cake Cauldron Chest Crafting Table Enchantment Table Furnace Jukebox TNT
Mechanisms	Button Dispenser Door Fence Gate Lever Note Block Piston ( Sticky) Pressure Plate Rail ( Powered • Detector) Redstone ( Wire • Torch • Repeater) Redstone Lamp Trapdoor
Plants	Cactus Dead Bush Flowers Grass Block ( Grass • Fern) Leaves Lily Pad Melon ( Stem) Mushrooms ( Huge) Mycelium Pumpkin ( Stem) Saplings Sugar Cane Vines Wheat Wood
Liquids	Lava Water
Non-Solid	Fire Sign Torch
The Nether	Glowstone Netherrack Nether Brick ( Fence) Nether Wart Soul Sand
The End	Dragon Egg End Portal Frame End Stone
Creative only	Sponge Chiseled Stone Brick
Pocket Edition only	Cyan Flower Camera
Technical	Piston Arm Block 36 On-state Redstone Lamp Burning Furnace Glowing Redstone Ore Off-state Redstone Torch Active Redstone Repeater Flowing Water Flowing Lava Farmland Portal Block End Portal
Unused	Locked Chest
Planned	Cocoa Plant
Removed	Gear Dirt Slab
Unimplemented	Crying Obsidian Spike Block