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The trick to making the most of your gems is care and attention to detail. Keep an eye out for stone types that contain valuable gems (like [[kimberlite]], the source of all diamonds).
 
The trick to making the most of your gems is care and attention to detail. Keep an eye out for stone types that contain valuable gems (like [[kimberlite]], the source of all diamonds).
  
Create separate custom stockpiles for your high-value and low-value gems adjacent to one or two jeweler's workshops. Linking either stockpile to a jeweler's workshop will require jobs in that workshop to draw from that stockpile. Use ({{key|q}}-{{key|P}}) to set the jeweler's workshop profile so only specific dwarves can use it. In this manner you can ensure that only the most skilled cutters and setters work with your most valuable gems.
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Create separate custom stockpiles for your high-value and low-value gems adjacent to one or two jeweler's workshops. Linking either stockpile to a jeweler's workshop will require jobs in that workshop draw from that stockpile. Use ({{key|q}}-{{key|P}}) to set the jeweler's workshop profile so only specific dwarves can use it. In this manner you can ensure that only the most skilled cutters and setters work with your most valuable gems.
  
 
Raw glass and low-value ornamental gems are ideal for training Gem Cutting and Setting skills, particularly if your [[glass industry]] is in full swing.
 
Raw glass and low-value ornamental gems are ideal for training Gem Cutting and Setting skills, particularly if your [[glass industry]] is in full swing.
  
When encrusting items, dwarves will generally go for the nearest piece of furniture/ammo/finished good that is not nailed down. To ensure that the gem setter encrusts the right item with the right gem(s), designate a small stockpile for that item as close to the jeweler's workshop as possible and link it to the jeweler's workshop. Note: when encrusting finished goods, any discarded clothing in the workshop or linked stockpiles may be decorated; there is currently no way to avoid this short of tedious micromanagement.
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When encrusting items, dwarves will generally go for the nearest piece of furniture/ammo/finished good that is not nailed down. To ensure that the gem setter encrusts the right item with the right gem(s), designate a small stockpile for that item as close to the jeweler's workshop as possible and link it to the jeweler's workshop. Note when encrusting finished goods, any discarded clothing in the workshop or linked stockpiles may be decorated; there is currently no way to avoid this short of tedious micromanagement.
  
 
==Industry overview==
 
==Industry overview==

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