Cant not find diamonds at level 12

[ghostboy803]

ive been playing tekkit for weeks now and have a huge mining system setup, but this whole time i only gathered 16 DIAMONDS LIKE WTF, is there a new level to mine for diamonds. please help 

[dwwojcik]

No they're there. Keep looking.

[Curunir]

Take 11 of your 16 diamonds and make a >Quarry. If done correctly, this should eventually provide more, and you can also build a >diamond generator once you have some ender pearls to spare.