Diorite along with granite and andesite spawn more often on the surface than stone with the exception of the extreme hills biome.
What can you do with granite and diorite in minecraft.
It is crafted below.
16 21 granite can now be sold to stone mason villagers as part of their third tier trades.
Polished granite can now be used to craft polished granite stairs and slabs.
As a building material diorite is pretty great.
Before 1 8 for minecraft java edition diorite was an exclusive feature to minecraft.
It s usually exposed on the surface in extreme hills biomes but it can generate in other biomes as well.
Diorite is a confirmed block that was released in 1 8 and 0 9 for mcpe.
Diorite has already been realeased in the pocket edition 0 9 0 update along with andesite and granite.
Naturally occurring granite can be found everywhere underground usually in large patches.
Granite now generates in brand new desert villages.
Granite was first released in the bountiful update 1 8 for the pc version and version 0 9 0 for minecraft.
Diorite can now be used to craft diorite stairs slabs and walls.
It has the same blast resistance as stone so creepers and your sneaky multiplayer pals won t do much damage to anything you construct out of it.
Polished diorite can now be used to craft polished diorite stairs and slabs.
The textures of diorite and polished diorite have been changed.
Polished diorite has no special properties and is purely aesthetic.
Polished diorite is a crafted variant of diorite that does not exist naturally.
You can also use it to make andesite and granite and in bedrock edition it can be used in place of stone to make slabs and redstone comparators.
You can find diorite in the new 0 9 0 minecraft pe update.
Granite can now be used to craft granite stairs slabs and walls.
Each mined block of diorite drops one unit of diorite.
Four in a square makes 4 polished diorite.
Instead it must be crafted with 4 diorite in a square similar for the makings for stone bricks.
Normal diorite can be found everywhere underground in large chains.
Granite is a naturally occurring block found in most overworld biomes.
Diorite is stored in stacks of up to 64 units.
Diorite can be used to craft stone slabs or polished diorite the latter being a more clear variant of diorite.
Diorite can now be sold to stone mason villagers.
It closely resembles granite and gravel.
It was introduced in snapshot 14w02a and is planned to be added in the minecraft 1 8 update polished diorite can t spawn naturally making them quite.
It is usually exposed on the surface in extreme hills but will generate in other biomes too.