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Polished Diorite

A smooth, refined version of diorite with a clean white appearance for modern builds. It can be cut into stairs and slabs.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.8

Item ID

polished_diorite

Polished Diorite at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Polished Diorite: a block out of crafting and Stonecutter. 64 Polished Diorite fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Breaking Polished Diorite works against a hardness of 1.5. Blast resistance sits at 6. Reach for a pickaxe if you want Polished Diorite fast; the wooden one already drops it. It sits between Polished Deepslate and Polished Granite in Utility Blocks, number 246 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
DioriteDiorite
DioriteDiorite
DioriteDiorite
DioriteDiorite
Polished DioritePolished Diorite4
Checked against Java Edition 26.2.

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Stonecutter

Notes

Crafted from 4 Diorite in a 2x2 square (yields 4), or cut from Diorite at a stonecutter.

Frequently asked questions about Polished Diorite

  1. Diorite going into Polished Diorite, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Polished Diorite in Minecraft?

    Polished Diorite is crafted from Diorite at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 4. It also comes from Stonecutter, not just the recipe above.

  2. 64 Polished Diorite drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Polished Diorite can you stack?

    64 Polished Diorite fill one slot, and filling it costs 64 Diorite, since each one returns 4: 16 crafts. A double chest of Polished Diorite comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  3. Polished Diorite coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.8

    When was Polished Diorite added to Minecraft?

    Polished Diorite was added in version 1.8.

  4. Polished Diorite on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Polished Diorite used for?

    A smooth, refined version of diorite with a clean white appearance for modern builds. It can be cut into stairs and slabs.

  5. Polished Diorite as a block, next to the pickaxe its 1.5 hardness asks for

    How long does Polished Diorite take to break?

    Polished Diorite has hardness 1.5, and it has blast resistance 6. The two numbers on Polished Diorite are not the same, so mining and blowing it up are separate jobs. Reach for a pickaxe if you want Polished Diorite fast; the wooden one already drops it. Java 26.2 is the release Polished Diorite was read from, figure by figure on it.

Building with it

Polishing diorite gives a clean white stone that reads as marble at a distance. Four blocks give four, so there is no loss in the process, and a floor of polished diorite with andesite borders is one of the oldest tricks in interior building.