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The stones in this list are a mixture of minerals or mineraloids, and therefore differ from most precious gemstones in that they lack purity or they are merely rough, uncut stones. Most stones can be found anywhere in Elanthia. The term, "stone" is a generic term, and the list below are merely gems that carry the noun.
List of Stones as Gems
- Note: The rarities listed are estimates and depend on the status of the treasure system in the area hunted. Average values listed are approximations and are generally taken from the sell values of a character selling gems with no trading bonus. See the Trading article for more information on variations of sell values.
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a banded sardonyx stone
| Description: Parallel white ribbons of varying widths run through this finely textured reddish-brown stone. The edges of the stone are rough and almost sharp enough to inflict cuts.
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a chunk of pale blue ice stone
| Description: Veiled with tiny fissures, the stalactitic crystal resembles the broken tip of a frosty icicle. The core is pale blue, while the irregular edges are clear and glassy.
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a chunk of pearly grey ice stone
| Description: Veiled with tiny fissures, the stalactitic crystal resembles the broken tip of a frosty icicle. The core is pearly grey, while the irregular edges are clear and glassy.
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a chunk of snowy white ice stone
| Description: Veiled with tiny fissures, the stalactitic crystal resembles the broken tip of a frosty icicle. The core is snow white, while the irregular edges are clear and glassy.
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a brilliant red firebird stone
| Description: Garish scarlet and flash-fire orange, the large jewel looks like crystallized flame. It is roughly the size of a child's fist and, though uncut, possesses preternatural brilliance, as if it reflects more light than it gathers.
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a dark blue tempest stone
| Description: A whirlwind of vibrant color, the pyramidal tempest stone is centered with an intense, dark blue eye. Prismatic clouds cumulate around the core, creating a striking nebula within its interior.
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an ebon-cored vortex stone
| Description: The translucent vortex stone swirls with ebon specks within its helical core. Funnel-shaped, the crystal is intense blue at the neck, and then the color drains to grey and finally clear at the wide mouth.
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a faint gold tempest stone
| Description: A whirlwind of vibrant color, the pyramidal tempest stone is centered with a faint golden eye. Prismatic clouds cumulate around the core, creating a striking nebula within its interior.
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a green alexandrite stone
| Description: At first glance, it would be easy to mistake this gemstone for a simple chrysoberyl, but a sudden shift in the light causes the stone to transform from green to an intense red.
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60?
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a green aventurine stone
| Description: This solid piece of quartzite is an opaque bluish-green with sparkling inclusions of green mica. The overall color varies from a pale milky green to a darker forest green tone, with a few bands of pyrite adding interest.
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500
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Any
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a green malachite stone
| Description: This stone is a globular mass of crystals bearing a strong resemblance to crushed green velvet. One side has been fractured, revealing the bands of light and dark green that lie beneath the surface.
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a grey-streaked malachite stone
| Description: Swirls of darker grey ripple through the sedate green surface of the malachite, taking on more jagged forms here and there. In places, the occlusions resemble a storm of dark grey feathers spiraling across the semiprecious stone's surface.
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an iridescent labradorite stone
| Description: To a casual glance, the labradorite stone appears to be nothing more than a dull, dark, mineral of no particular virtue. When seen from the right angle, however, the stone shimmers with a colorful play of light and color known as labradorescence. A rainbow of intense colors - including blues, violets, greens, yellows, and oranges - shift over the surface, sometimes appearing all at once.
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150
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Any
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a light pink morganite stone
| Description: The original form of this crystal is difficult to determine, due to the chips and breaks it has endured. Nevertheless, its cheery salmon pink color shines through, illuminating the transparent morganite stone.
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500
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Any
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a pink rhodochrosite stone
| Description: A pink rhodochrosite stone has such a vivid rosy color it almost seems to lit from within. Shaped like a leaning cube, it is beautifully translucent with a pearly sheen.
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80
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a polished jet stone
| Description: This small, opaque stone has been cut to a perfect cabochon and expertly smoothed. Only one thin scratch suggests at adventures after leaving the jeweler's hand. In color, it is unremittingly black, save where light produces a glossy sheen along its slopes.
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a saffron-hued danburite stone
| Description: The long, striated spar of danburite is imbued with a hue like fresh-plucked saffron. Chipped and cracked in places, the gemstone is nonetheless dazzling in its color and clarity.
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a silver-cored vortex stone
| Description: The translucent vortex stone swirls with silver specks within its helical core. Funnel-shaped, the crystal is intense blue at the neck, and then the color drains to grey and finally clear at the wide mouth.
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400
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Any
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a turquoise stone
| Description: In the shape of a lumpy, irregular nugget, a turquoise stone looks like a piece of the sky. The rock is a deep turquoise blue laced with a spiderweb of black pyrite, and has a waxy finish.
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