Diamond Ore

Diamond ore is a rare ore that generates deep underground, and is the most abundant and reliable source of diamonds.
Deepslate diamond ore is a variant of diamond ore that can generate in deepslate and tuff blobs.
== Obtaining ==
=== Natural generation ===
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 three batches:
* 7 blobs of 1-5 ores per chunk, from Y=14 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 chunks, from Y=14 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=14 to Y=-63. Ore blocks do not generate if they are 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.
Deepslate diamond ore also generates as part of fossils that generate below Y=0, replacing some of the bone blocks.
=== Breaking ===
The diamond ore block itself (rather than its diamond drops) can be obtained by mining it with an iron, diamond or netherite pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment. When mined without Silk Touch, diamond ore drops a single diamond. The maximum amount of diamonds dropped can be increased with Fortune. Fortune I gives a 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.
== Usage ==
=== Smelting ingredient ===
=== Note Blocks ===
Diamond ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
== Sounds ==
=== Diamond ore ===
=== Deepslate diamond ore===
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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== History ==
== Issues ==
== Trivia ==
* 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 s form from highly compressed .
** In fact, diamonds mostly form from carbon that comes from s,How do diamonds form? They don't form from coal! – Geology.com in 2012 and are completely unrelated to coal which form from dead plants.
== Gallery ==
Diamond Ore blob.png|An exposed blob containing 8 diamond ores.
10 ore diamond blob in 1.16.1.png|An exposed blob containing 10 diamond ores.
Natural Diamond Ore.png|Naturally generated diamond and redstone ores in a cave.
Multiple ores.png|Multiple ores, found in the new big cave.
Deep ores.png|Naturally generated diamond ore, Redstone Ore and Lapis Lazuli Ore found in a Canyon.
Lava Diamonds.jpg|Diamond ore concealed behind lava.
=== Miscellaneous ===
File:Diamond D 28x.jpg|An old chart of the diamond ore distribution in 135,704,866 blocks.
== See also ==
* 
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* Tutorials/Diamonds
== References ==
== External Links ==
*Block of the Week: Diamond Ore – Minecraft.net on October 20, 2017
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