40d:Gem

Small clusters of gems can be found strewn throughout the fortress. Gems can used to encrust furniture, weapons, armor and ammunition, to create windows and as a source material for legendary artifacts.

Value

Gems have no value in rough form. First they need to be cut in a jeweler's workshop. Cut gems have a base value of 5, which is multiplied by appropriate value modifier from the table below. Items can be decorated (encrusted) with cut gems; all such decorations have a value of 10 times the gem type's value multiplier.

Varieties

Gems come in many varieties, with their own color and value multipliers:

V · T · E Gems
Ornamental (2☼-15☼)	Chrysocolla • Lapis lazuli • Pyrite • Tiger iron • Turquoise • Variscite Agates Banded agate • Dendritic agate • Fire agate • Fortification agate • Lace agate • Moss agate • Plume agate • Tube agate Feldspars Moonstone • Sunstone Jades Blue jade • White jade • Lavender jade • Pink jade Jaspers Brown jasper • Picture jasper • Yellow jasper Opals Amber opal • Bone opal • Cherry opal • Gold opal • Jasper opal • Milk opal • Moss opal • Onyx opal • Pineapple opal • Pipe opal • Prase opal • Resin opal • Shell opal • Wax opal • Wood opal Quartzes Aventurine • Chrysoprase • Citrine • Bloodstone • Carnelian • Gray chalcedony • Milk quartz • Morion • Prase • Rock crystal • Rose quartz • Sard • Sardonyx • Smoky quartz • Onyx • Tigereye • White chalcedony Tourmalines Clear tourmaline • Schorl
Semi-Precious (20☼-30☼)	Amethyst • Green jade • Kunzite • Light yellow diamond • Peridot • Tanzanite • Topaz Beryls Aquamarine • Golden beryl • Goshenite • Heliodor • Honey yellow beryl • Morganite • Red beryl • Topazolite Chrysoberyls Alexandrite • Cat's eye • Chrysoberyl Garnets Almandine • Black pyrope • Blue garnet • Clear garnet • Demantoid • Melanite • Pink garnet • Red pyrope • Rhodolite • Violet spessartine • Yellow spessartine Grossulars Cinnamon grossular • Red grossular • Tsavorite • Yellow grossular Opals Bandfire opal • Black opal • Claro opal • Crystal opal • Fire opal • Harlequin opal • Jelly opal • Levin opal • Pinfire opal • Precious fire opal • Red flash opal • White opal Zircons Black zircon • Brown zircon • Clear zircon • Green zircon • Red zircon • Yellow zircon Tourmalines Green tourmaline • Pink tourmaline • Indigo tourmaline • Red tourmaline Spinels Purple spinel • Red spinel • Rubicelle
Precious (40☼)	Emerald • Faint yellow diamond • Ruby • Sapphire
Rare (60☼)	Black diamond • Blue diamond • Clear diamond • Green diamond • Red diamond • Star ruby • Star sapphire • Yellow diamond

Glass

• green glass, x2 value, requires only a bag full of sand
• clear glass, x5 value, requires pearlash as well as a bag full of sand
• crystal glass, x10 value, requires pearlash and rock crystal

Like working metal, making glass requires fuel, either coke or charcoal at a normal glass furnace, or magma at a magma glass furnace.