Diamond

Diamonds are the gems that are dropped when diamond ore is mined. Diamond is considered one of the most valuable items in the game due to their scarcity and use as a crafting material. Tools and armor made from it are the most durable and efficient in the game. Diamonds can be used to make shovels, pickaxes, axes, hoes, swords, armor, jukeboxes, enchantment tables and solid diamond blocks. A diamond pickaxe is the only pickaxe that can be used to mine obsidian.

Diamond ore can be found in layers 1-15, in small veins of 1-10, and can only be mined using an iron pickaxe or higher. Outside of mining, diamonds can be rarely found in naturally generated chests, such as those found in a village or an abandoned mine shaft.

Diamond is the second hardest to obtain item in the game. The rarest is emerald ore.

Smelting
 *  Ore can only be obtained by using the "Silk Touch" enchantment, by using inventory editors or in creative mode.

History
In the game's code, diamond was titled emerald, before the inclusion of real emeralds. Diamond's original name during Indev was emerald and was kept this way in the code until the release of snapshot 12w21b when it was changed due to actual emeralds being added to the game.

In 1.7 and before, diamond ore could still be smelted into diamond gems, even though there was no silk touch or any way to pick up the ore without mods.

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