Diorite

Obtaining

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

Block	Diorite Polished Diorite
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time
Hand	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Golden	0.2

1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Info

Diorite

Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with	No
Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2	No
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	No
Stackable	Yes, 64
Flammable	No
Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that	Itself
Data values	Diorite dec:13 hex:13 bin:13 Polished Diorite dec:14 hex:14 bin:14
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	stone

Diorite is a type of igneous rock Rock may refer to: Cobblestone (Mossy), a block that appears to be made from rocks. Stone, a block of solid rock. Stone Bricks (Variants), a block of stone with a brick pattern carved into it. .

Polished diorite is the polished version of diorite.

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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 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 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.
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Natural generation

Diorite generates anywhere underground in rich seams, in an identical way to andesite and granite, as well as gravel Gravel Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Gravel (90%) Flint (10%) Data value dec: 13 hex: D bin: 1101 Name gravel Gravel is a block that is affected and underground dirt Dirt Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 03 hex: 3 bin: 11 Name dirt See Dirt. For the similar block, see . It is most commonly exposed to the surface in Extreme Hills biomes but can also be found commonly in other biomes.

Crafting

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Diorite	Cobblestone⃂+ Nether Quartz	2
Polished Diorite	Diorite	4

Usage

Diorite is currently only used for decoration. It has the same blast resistance TNT Transparency Partial (cannot attach other blocks) Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 46 hex: 2E bin: 101110 Name tnt TNT is a block as stone, meaning it can be used as a substitute for stone when building.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe	Description
Andesite	Diorite+ Cobblestone	2 Andesite Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes, 64 Flammable No Drops Itself Data values Andesite dec: 15 hex: 15 bin: 15 Polished Andesite dec: 16 hex: 16 bin: 16 Name stone Andesite is a type
Granite	Diorite+ Nether Quartz
Redstone Comparator	Redstone Torch Redstone Torch Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 7 (when on) Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name See Data values This article + Nether Quartz+ Dioriteor Polished Diorite		Can use stone and its variants interchangeably. Pocket Edition Pocket Edition Author(s) Mojang AB Jens Bergensten Aron Nieminen Daniel Kaplan Tommaso Checchi Shoghi Cervantes Jason Major Daniel Wustenhoff Tomas Alaeus Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg @@@#@@@Microsoft(microsoft.com)###@### Studios 1] Platform(s) Written in C++ 2] Latest version 1.1.2 only.
Redstone Repeater Redstone Repeater Transparency Yes (partial) Luminance No (7 when powered, in Pocket Edition) Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Availability Survival, Creative Drops Redstone Repeater (1) Data values	Redstone Torch Redstone Torch Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 7 (when on) Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name See Data values This article + Redstone+ Dioriteor Polished Diorite		Can use stone and its variants interchangeably. Pocket Edition Pocket Edition Author(s) Mojang AB Jens Bergensten Aron Nieminen Daniel Kaplan Tommaso Checchi Shoghi Cervantes Jason Major Daniel Wustenhoff Tomas Alaeus Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg MicrosoftTechnology company Studios 1] Platform(s) Written in C++ 2] Latest version 1.1.2 only.
Stone Slab	Dioriteor Polished Diorite	6	Can use stone and its variants interchangeably. Pocket Edition Pocket Edition Author(s) Mojang AB Jens Bergensten Aron Nieminen Daniel Kaplan Tommaso Checchi Shoghi Cervantes Jason Major Daniel Wustenhoff Tomas Alaeus Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg MicrosoftTechnology company Studios 1] Platform(s) Written in C++ 2] Latest version 1.1.2 only.

Data values

Diorite has the ID name minecraft:stone, which it shares with stone, andesite, and granite, differentiated by its block data. Diorite also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Block data

Block state

See also: Block states

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Value	Description
⃂variant	stone	Stone
	granite	Granite
	smooth_granite	Polished Granite
	diorite	Diorite
	smooth_diorite	Polished Diorite
	andesite	Andesite
	smooth_andesite	Polished Andesite

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History

Issues

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Gallery

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  Diorite naturally generated in a forest

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  A photo of granite, andesite, and diorite and their polished counterparts

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  Granite, diorite and andesite in one place in a cave

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  Reuben`s grave with the diorite stairs on certain parts of it, as seen on Logdotzip`s youtube channel.