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[[File:gem_cut.jpg|210px|right]]Small clusters of rough '''gems''' can be found almost anywhere while [[mining]]. After they have been mined by a [[miner]] and cut by a [[gem cutter]], a [[gem setter]] can use them to [[encrust]] [[furniture]], [[crafts]], and [[ammunition]]. In addition, raw [[rock crystal]]s are required to make crystal glass goods. '''Cut gems''' can also be used to create [[window]]s and are often required as a source material for [[legendary artifact]]s. Gem-encrusted [[weapon]]s and [[armor]] can be found in-game, but cannot be made in fortress mode.  Stones, including the various types of clay, can also be cut into gems.
 
 
 
There are a total of 130 different kinds of gems, 127 excluding the three kinds of [[glass]]. Of these, 57 are ornamental, 58 semi-precious, 4 precious and 8 rare.
 
 
 
A large variety of cut gems can be brought by and requested from the dwarven caravan. You cannot import rough gems with the exception of raw [[glass]], which human and dwarven caravans can bring.
 
 
 
Exactly 5% of all rough gems will be cut into a single [[Useless_crap|craft]] or '''large gem''' (with 1 craft for every 8 large gems), and the same occurs with raw glass (but with different ratios - 33% of all jobs, producing 11 crafts for every 16 large gems). Note that these will ''replace'' a cut gem and cannot be used to encrust goods. The value of such crafts can easily reach hundreds, even several thousand in the case of valuable gems and good craftsdwarfship. A dwarf in the throes of a [[strange mood]] can take a single gem and cut it into a [[legendary artifact]] known as a "perfect gem" - this is simply a special name for an artifact large gem.
 
 
 
If you have any bags of sand, you can also manufacture [[Glass|raw glass]], which is the same as a lower-value, uncut gem.
 
 
 
[[Gizzard stone]]s are found as a by-product when butchering some animals, and can be used like cut gems. Only a few animal species give gizzard stones, but each member of such a species butchered will yield one, which can lead to a decent supply when you manage to set up an [[ostrich]] or [[elk bird]] farm.
 
 
 
A killed [[amethyst man]] will, logically, drop a rough amethyst, but amethyst men are fairly rare.  Forgotten beasts made of gem will leave a corpse, in some cases weighing thousands of Urists, but the corpse cannot be cut into gems or used in any other way.
 
 
 
You can also direct your dwarves to cut stone, [[shell]], [[horn]] and [[teeth|ivory]] into a '''large gem''' which can be done at a [[craftsdwarf's workshop]].
 
 
 
== Value ==
 
Gems have a base [[value]] of 3 in rough form, which is multiplied by the appropriate value modifier from the table below. They gain value after they are cut in a [[jeweler's workshop]]. Cut gems have a base value of 5. Items can be decorated (encrusted) with cut gems; all such decorations have a value of 10 times the gem type's value multiplier - see [[gem cutting]] and [[gem setting]]. Large gems have a base value of 10, and can also have a [[quality]] modifier which increases value.
 
 
 
To give an example, a rough green zircon will be worth (3×20=) 60☼, a cut green zircon (5×20=) 100☼ and a masterwork large green zircon (10×20×12=) 2400☼.
 
 
 
== Varieties ==
 
Gems come in many varieties, with their own color and value multipliers:
 
{{Gem table head|class=wikitable}}
 
 
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=[[#Glass|Synthetic]]|name=[[green glass]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Glass furnace]]|fhow=Manufactured}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=[[#Glass|Synthetic]]|name=[[clear glass]]|value=5|color={{Raw Tile|☼♦|3:0}}<span style="display:none">3:0</span>|fwhere=[[Glass furnace]]|fhow=Manufactured}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=[[#Glass|Synthetic]]|name=[[crystal glass]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Glass furnace]]|fhow=Manufactured}}
 
 
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[amber opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[aventurine]]|value=3|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[banded agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[bloodstone]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[blue jade]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}}<span style="display:none">1:1</span>|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[bone opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}}<span style="display:none">7:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[brown jasper]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[carnelian]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[cherry opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}}<span style="display:none">4:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[chrysocolla]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|3:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|3:1}}<span style="display:none">3:1</span>|fwhere=[[Malachite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[chrysoprase]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}}<span style="display:none">2:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[citrine]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[clear tourmaline]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}}<span style="display:none">7:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[dendritic agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}}<span style="display:none">7:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[fire agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[fortification agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[gold opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[gray chalcedony]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}}<span style="display:none">7:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[jasper opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[lace agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}}<span style="display:none">1:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[lapis lazuli]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}}<span style="display:none">1:1</span>|fwhere=[[Igneous intrusive]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[lavender jade]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:0}}<span style="display:none">5:0</span>|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[milk opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[milk quartz]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[moonstone]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[morion]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}}<span style="display:none">0:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[moss agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[moss opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[onyx opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[onyx]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}}<span style="display:none">0:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[picture jasper]]|value=3|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[pineapple opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[pink jade]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}}<span style="display:none">5:1</span>|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[pipe opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[plume agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[prase opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[prase]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[pyrite]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[resin opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[rock crystal]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[rose quartz]]|value=3|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}}<span style="display:none">4:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[sardonyx]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[sard]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[schorl]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}}<span style="display:none">0:1</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[shell opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}}<span style="display:none">7:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[smoky quartz]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[sunstone]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Basalt]], [[Gneiss]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[tiger iron]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[tigereye]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[tube agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[turquoise]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|3:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|3:1}}<span style="display:none">3:1</span>|fwhere=[[Igneous extrusive]], [[Kaolinite]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[variscite]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Bauxite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[wax opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[white chalcedony]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[white jade]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[wood opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[yellow jasper]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
 
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[alexandrite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}}<span style="display:none">5:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[almandine]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Diorite]], [[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[amethyst]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}}<span style="display:none">5:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[aquamarine]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|3:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|3:1}}<span style="display:none">3:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[bandfire opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[black opal]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}}<span style="display:none">0:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[black pyrope]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}}<span style="display:none">0:1</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[black zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}}<span style="display:none">0:1</span>|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[blue garnet]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:0}}<span style="display:none">1:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[brown zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[cat's eye]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[chrysoberyl]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}}<span style="display:none">2:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[cinnamon grossular]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[claro opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}}<span style="display:none">1:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[clear garnet]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}}<span style="display:none">7:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[clear zircon]]|value=25|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[crystal opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[demantoid]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Chromite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[fire opal]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}}<span style="display:none">4:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[golden beryl]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[goshenite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[green jade]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}}<span style="display:none">2:1</span>|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[green tourmaline]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[green zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[harlequin opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[heliodor]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}}<span style="display:none">2:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[honey yellow beryl]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[indigo tourmaline]]|value=25|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:0}}<span style="display:none">1:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[jelly opal]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[kunzite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}}<span style="display:none">5:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[levin opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[light yellow diamond]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[melanite]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}}<span style="display:none">0:1</span>|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[morganite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}}<span style="display:none">5:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[peridot]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}}<span style="display:none">2:1</span>|fwhere=[[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[pinfire opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[pink garnet]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}}<span style="display:none">5:1</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[pink tourmaline]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}}<span style="display:none">4:1</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[precious fire opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}}<span style="display:none">4:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[purple spinel]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:0}}<span style="display:none">5:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Diorite]], [[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red beryl]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}}<span style="display:none">4:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red flash opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}}<span style="display:none">4:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red grossular]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red pyrope]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red spinel]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Diorite]], [[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red tourmaline]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[rhodolite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:0}}<span style="display:none">5:0</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[rubicelle]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Diorite]], [[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[tanzanite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}}<span style="display:none">5:1</span>|fwhere=[[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[topazolite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[topaz]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[tsavorite]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[violet spessartine]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}}<span style="display:none">5:1</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[white opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[yellow grossular]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[yellow spessartine]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[yellow zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
 
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Precious|name=[[emerald]]|value=40|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Precious|name=[[faint yellow diamond]]|value=40|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}}<span style="display:none">6:0</span>|fwhere=[[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Precious|name=[[ruby]]|value=40|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Bauxite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Precious|name=[[sapphire]]|value=40|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:0}}<span style="display:none">1:0</span>|fwhere=[[Bauxite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
 
 
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[black diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}}<span style="display:none">0:1</span>|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[blue diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:0}}<span style="display:none">1:0</span>|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[clear diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}}<span style="display:none">7:1</span>|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[green diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}}<span style="display:none">2:0</span>|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[red diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}}<span style="display:none">4:0</span>|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[star ruby]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}}<span style="display:none">4:1</span>|fwhere=[[Ruby]]|fhow=Single gem}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[star sapphire]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}}<span style="display:none">1:1</span>|fwhere=[[Sapphire]]|fhow=Single gem}}
 
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[yellow diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}}<span style="display:none">6:1</span>|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
 
 
 
|}
 
See [https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Auy0R4dx5JF6dEdwQ3B5WkdCeUp0SjZYSl9vc3lteFE&hl=en_US#gid=0 here] or [https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApoOG6GC8_0RdHR5QkNDZlYwa1RYeUpCSzJSNUZIRkE&hl=en_US here] for a sortable, print-friendly spreadsheet with all gems and their values.
 
 
 
See [[Gem/Textlist|here]] for a text list of rough gems sorted alphabetically by variety.
 
 
 
Unlike other gems, diamonds can [[Fire|ignite]] if they come into contact with [[magma]].
 
 
 
== Gem cuts ==
 
 
 
Finished gems have a particular cut, which doesn't affect the gem's value. A gem can have multiple cuts, such as a "square brilliant" or "tapered baguette" cut. Some gem cuts are also known as "cabochons," which have a basic "shape" cut typically as a rounded, polished stone. Gizzard stones do not have cuts.
 
 
 
List of cuts:
 
{{Columns-list|colwidth=15em|
 
* baguette
 
* brilliant
 
* briolette
 
* cushion
 
* emerald
 
* marquise
 
* octagon
 
* oval
 
* pear
 
* point
 
* radiant
 
* rectangular
 
* round
 
* single
 
* square
 
* table
 
* tapered
 
* trillion
 
}}
 
 
 
== Rare gems ==
 
[[Faint yellow diamond]]s only appear in [[kimberlite]] (which, itself, only appears in [[gabbro]] layers) and [[sapphire]]s and [[ruby|rubies]] only appear in [[bauxite]] (which occurs in any sedimentary layers). Colored diamonds only occur in pre-existing clusters of faint yellow diamonds. [[Star sapphire]]s and [[Star ruby|star rubies]] only occur within clusters of their peers.
 
 
 
== [[Glass]] ==
 
Raw glass is treated as an uncut gem.  There are three subtypes of raw glass (and, once cut, of cut glass gems):
 
 
 
Gems
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! Gem name
 
! Value
 
! Color
 
! Requires
 
|-
 
|green glass||2×||{{Raw Tile|☼♦|2:0}}||[[bag]] full of [[sand]]
 
|-
 
|clear glass||5×||{{Raw Tile|☼♦|3:0}}||[[bag]] full of [[sand]] + [[pearlash]]
 
|-
 
|crystal glass||10×||{{Raw Tile|☼♦|7:1}}||rough [[rock crystal]] + [[pearlash]]
 
|}
 
 
 
Making raw glass requires a dwarf with the [[glassmaking]] [[labor]] designated, and, just like working [[metal]], it also requires [[fuel]] (either [[coke]] or [[charcoal]]) at a normal glass furnace, or [[magma]] at a magma [[glass furnace]].  Like all gems, raw glass has no [[quality]] modifiers.  Note that cut rock crystals can't be used to make crystal glass objects.
 
 
 
Raw gems are only one of the many things your [[glassmaker]]s can make from glass.  See [[glass]] and [[glass industry]] for more information.
 
 
 
== In real life ==
 
 
 
A gem is a [[Stone|mineral]] (or a mineral-like material) admired by a culture, often due to their beauty and durability (resistance to scratches), so that they have economic value in and of themselves.
 
                                                                                   
 
Most gems are made of the same basic minerals found in common rocks; but their atoms are arranged into ordered patterns, called '''crystals''', with drastic consequences to their appearance and material properties.  For example, the same mineral quartz that looks so unremarkable in [[quartzite]] may form the strikingly geometric, beautifully translucent [[Rock crystal|rock crystals]], if it has the space to grow up slowly – in a crack or cavity within [[granite|granite rock]], for example.
 
<gallery>
 
File:Kwarcyt osadowy 1.jpg|Quartzite, an unremarkable stone.
 
File:QuartzVug.jpg|Rock crystal growing inside a rock cavity. These are made of the same basic stuff as quartzite, only better arranged.
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
Each particular crystal has a stable angle between its faces, depending on the underlying atomic structure; quartz is hexagonal, while [[rock salt]] is cubic.
 
<gallery>
 
File:Close packing.svg|Hexagonal (left) and cubic (right) patterns of ordered mineral growth.
 
File:Rough rock crystals.JPG|Rough rock crystals (quartz).
 
File:Quartztaille.jpg|A large rock crystal, cut in an emerald-cut shape. Expert [[Gem cutter|gem cutters]] will work with the natural planes of the crystal's structure, making them shiny and reflective.
 
File:Salt crystals, Kuyalnik.JPG|Cubic [[rock salt]] crystals (click to embiggen).
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
A more drastic (and famous) example is carbon.  The organic content of sedimentary rocks like [[bituminous coal]] may be pressured and heated into honeycomb [[Layer|layers]], forming the [[metamorphic]] stone [[graphite]] (which we use in pencils, and dwarves use for long-lasting fires).  That very same carbon may be shaped, with more pressure and less heat (when, for example, stricken by a meteorite), into the nested cubes known as [[Diamond|diamonds]].
 
<gallery>
 
File:Coal bituminous.jpg|[[Bituminous coal]], aka dead swamp stuff. Mostly carbon.
 
File:Diamond and graphite without structures.jpg|[[Diamond|Rough diamonds]] and [[graphite]], also carbon.
 
File:Graphit gitter.png|Internal structure of graphite; honeycomb patterns layered in sheets.
 
File:Diamond cubic animation.gif|Complex cubic internal structure of diamonds.
 
File:Brillanten.jpg|[[Gem cutting|Round brilliant cut]] diamonds.
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
Some non-mineral materials that have been sometimes considered "gems" include organic products like [[amber]], [[coral]], and [[pearl]]; and rocks (bundles of multiple minerals) like [[jet]], [[green jade|jade]] and [[lapis lazuli]].  Of these, pearl only exists in DF as a placeholder, coral and amber in the most rudimentary of forms; but not as gemstones.  Jet counts as a [[stone|regular stone]] in DF, while jade (in various colors) and lapis lazuli are gemstones.
 
 
 
{{Translation
 
| dwarven = kadôl
 
| elvish  = eruwa
 
| goblin  = straza
 
| human  = ves
 
}}
 
{{gems}}
 
{{materials}}
 
 
 
{{Category|Materials}}
 
{{Category|Gems|0}}
 
[[ru:Gem]]
 

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