Gemstones
Gemstones
Gemstones
Gemstones
Gemstones
This is not intended to be a complete list of gems but rather an assortment of precious and semi-
precious stones for the Dungeon Masters and Players who feel that the treasure hoard needs a little
more than the standard rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds.
Also included are options for gem quality and cut as well as a quick table to generate random gem
loot.
Agate
Alabaster
Alexandrite
Almandine
A type of garnet with a rich deep tone. The color of the stone is
usually red tending towards reddish orange or reddish purple.
Amber
Amethyst
Aquamarine
Apatite
Aventurine
Azeztulite
Azurite
A hard mineral which can range in color from blue, green, yellow,
white, or even clear. It's most common use is in jewelry.
Biotite
Bloodstone
Carnelian
Celestite
Given it's name for it's soft color, celestite can be black, blue,
brown, colorless, or pink and ranges in hue from a pale tone to
almost clear.
Chalcedony
Charoite is a rare mineral with a violet hue that ranges from a lilac
color to a deep lavender. It is generally cut as a sphere or as a
cabochon when used in jewelry.
Chrysoberyl
This hard, brittle mineral is valued for it's uses in jewelry and
ornamental purposes. Chrysoberyl often appears as a yellow
greenish gem but can range to a dark greenish black in color.
Chrysocolla
Chrysoprase
Citrine
Coral
Covellite
Crystal
The term crystal refers to glass to which lead oxide has been used
in place of potash, resulting in a material that is more refractive
than standard glass. Crystal is valued mainly for it's decorative
purposes. For gaming purposes a crystal can be any gem like
material.
Cuprite
Diamond
Diopside
A precious gemstone valued for it's rich green color which can be
so deep as to sometimes appear as black. Darker stones often
have an appearance similar to a star ruby with green and black
being the coloration.
Dumortierite
Emerald
Euclase
A brittle gemstone noted for it's blue color which ranges from a
pale to a very dark blue.
Fluorite
Fulgurite
Found where lightning strikes the sand, it forms glassy, tube like
crystalline formations as it cools. The color of fulgurite varies
mainly based off the composition of the sand it was formed in.
Garnet
Hematite
Ioloite
Jacinth
Jade
Jasper
Lapis Lazuli
This semi precious stone has a rich blue coloration and is valued
for uses in jewelry and ornamentation.
Malachite
Moldavite
Moonstone
Given it's name for the effect of it's pearly opalescent luster,
moonstone ranges in colors from green to white and even grey but
the blue tones tend to be most used in jewelry.
Mother of Pearl
A very rare gem with a purple color ranging from a pale shade to
a deep clear purple.
Obsidian
Onyx
Opal
Painite
Pearl
Occurs in an olive green color with the darker shades being prized
more for use in jewelry.
Pezzottaite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
A pink to rose colored gemstone often cut into cabochons for use
in jewelry.
Rhodonite
Ruby
Schorl
Serendibite
An extremely rare stone with a cyan color that ranges from pale to
almost black.
Serpentine
Sodalite
Known for it's rich blue or deep blue color contrasted by white
veining, Sodalite is often mistaken for lapis lazuli. Sodalite is
widely used as an ornamental stone.
Spessartine
Spinels are a broad range of gems that can occur in any color with
clearer gems often used for jewelry.
Sugilite
Sunstone
Taaffeite
Tiger's Eye
Topaz
Turquoise
Zircon
Zoisite
Zoisite occurs in blue, grey, green, pink, purple and even white.
Clearer specimens are cut into gems while others are carved into
ornamental pieces.
All gems found through mining will be of unfinished quality. The quality of gems found as part
of a treasure hoard may vary.
This table applies to standard gemstones that may be found in the course of a campaign. Special
gems of religious or ceremonial importance, or gems of unusual size should have a value higher
than the perfect cut.
Gemstones Cuts
Here are some common cuts for gems. The cut used for a gem is dependent on variety of factors,
but in game terms it is purely a matter of aesthetics.
Baguette
Brilliant Cabochon Emerald (Step Cut)
Birthstones
A practice dating back to antiquity, some believe birthstones correspond with the signs of the zodiac
while others believe that the stones correspond with a month of the calendar. Different cultures have
made different list of birthstones. The Eastern Table represents an older list that is almost
universally accepted throughout asia while the Western Table is a more modern list where certain
stones were chosen to replace stones that were not readily available.
Birthstones can be used to flesh out characters, NPC's, or even campaign settings. Another option is
using a gem of exceptionally quality to increase an attribute, either through crafting an enchanted
piece of jewelry or having an alchemist render an elixir in which the gem is used. If allowed these
should be a 1 time benefit, and should generally adhere to the racial restrictions on attributes. In the
case of jewelry it only benefits the person it was crafted for or, at the DM's discretion, persons who
share the same sign or stone.
Quality
Cut