Gem materials

Gems are either found when mining, extracted using [Prospecting], looted from mobs or items such as chests, or bought from vendors.

Outland Gems

		Quality
		[Uncommon]	[Rare]	[Epic]
Color	Red	[Blood Garnet]	[Living Ruby]	[Crimson Spinel]
	Orange	[Flame Spessarite]	[Noble Topaz]	[Pyrestone]
	Yellow	[Golden Draenite]	[Dawnstone]	[Lionseye]
	Green	[Deep Peridot]	[Talasite]	[Seaspray Emerald]
	Blue	[Azure Moonstone]	[Star of Elune]	[Empyrean Sapphire]
	Purple	[Shadow Draenite]	[Nightseye]	[Shadowsong Amethyst]

Northrend Gems

This table is to identify the name of the material required to craft a gem if its color and its quality are known.

		Quality
		Uncommon	Rare	Epic
Color	Red	[Bloodstone]	[Scarlet Ruby]	[Cardinal Ruby]
	Orange	[Huge Citrine]	[Monarch Topaz]	[Ametrine]
	Yellow	[Sun Crystal]	[Autumn's Glow]	[King's Amber]
	Green	[Dark Jade]	[Forest Emerald]	[Eye of Zul]
	Blue	[Chalcedony]	[Sky Sapphire]	[Majestic Zircon]
	Purple	[Shadow Crystal]	[Twilight Opal]	[Dreadstone]

Special

•  [Dragon's Eye] - mostly sold, used to create a variety of BoP gems
•  [Northsea Pearl] and  [Siren's Tear] - from various clams, can be cut to match any colored socket (prismatic).
•  [Earthsiege Diamond],  [Skyflare Diamond] - Meta gems source material, created by Alchemy
• Perfect gems - a result of [Gem Perfection] affecting the creation of what would otherwise be an Uncommon (Northrend) gem. It is reported to proc about 10% of the time.

Cataclysm Gems

This table is to identify the name of the material required to craft a gem if its color and its quality are known.

		Quality
		Uncommon	Rare	Epic
Color	Red	[Carnelian]	[Inferno Ruby]
	Orange	[Hessonite]	[Ember Topaz]
	Yellow	[Alicite]	[Amberjewel]
	Green	[Jasper]	[Dream Emerald]
	Blue	[Zephyrite]	[Ocean Sapphire]
	Purple	[Nightstone]	[Demonseye]

Special

•  [Chimera's Eye] - mostly sold, used to create a variety of BoP gems
•  [Shadowspirit Diamond] - Meta gems source material, created by Alchemy
• Perfect gems - a result of [Gem Perfection] affecting the creation of what would otherwise be an Uncommon gem. It is reported to proc about 10% of the time. This does not count for  [Solid Zephyrite],  [Timeless Nightstone] and  [Jagged Jasper].

Quests

Gems need to be obtained for the following quests:

• Level 30-39
  •  [Small Lustrous Pearl]
    •  [37] Pearl Diving - from Rigglefuzz in the Valley of Fangs in the Badlands

Loot

Gems may be looted from the following:

•  [Small Lustrous Pearl] - Giant Clam,  [Small Barnacled Clam] and  [Thick-Shelled Clam]. May also be dropped by L15-24 mobs in places such as The Barrens and Blackfathom Deeps. Can be found in The Sparklematic 5200 or Battered Chest, Tattered Chest and Tattered Chest

External links

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