Diamond Ore

''This page is about the ore. For the solid diamond block, see Diamond (block).'' Diamond ore is commonly found inside stone blocks very deep underground, you may often find lava in the proximity. It can be mined for diamond gem using an iron pickaxe or better. The diamond gens can be used right away in a workbench to craft better tools mine. This is the only ore that does not need to be melted as bar in a furnace. You can also create diamond block crafting nine diamond gems together in a 3x3 square using the workbench.

It can not be placed in creative mode as of version 0.30 and it drops 1 diamond gem in Indev.