Gemstone

There are various gemstones throughout Vintage Story, some of which can be used directly in crafting. Gemstones are special minerals that can be put into a Bloomery to form Glass.

Gemstones

Gemstones in Ores

Quartz

Clear Quartz
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Quartz
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Quartz is a very common mineral that can be found in large deposits at nearly all heights. It sometimes houses gold and silver, and is used in the creation of both Lanterns and Glass. While Mining quartz ore blocks, players will receive Quartz Chunks as well as a few bits of Clear Quartz. The latter can be used to craft Quartz Glass and Lanterns without the need to smelt the bits in a bloomery, unlike the Quartz Chunks which can only be processed into clear glass through smelting.

Quartz is found in almost every rock type except bauxite, kimberlite, suevite, and marble.

Olivine

Olivine
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Olivine is a mineral primarily found underground and is used in the creation of Green Glass.

Olivine is only found in peridotite.

Crystallized Gemstones in Vugs

Vugs describe small "geode" type structures that can generate inside of quartz & olivine veins. Inside of them are crystals, ranging in size from small to large, which can be broken down into item crystals (done by crafting the block crystals with a hammer) to be used in Glassmaking. Vugs are the only way to make Pink Glass and Smoky Glass, as they are the only source of Rose Quartz and Smoky Quartz.

Olivine

In addition to coming in an ore form, Olivine vugs can be found that include large olivine crystals that function the same as the other crystals do.

Milky Quartz

Milky Quartz crystals can be broken into Clear Quartz and used to make Quartz Glass.

Smoky Quartz

Smoky Quartz
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Smoky Quartz crystals can be broken into Smoky Quartz, and used to make Smoky Glass.

Rose Quartz

Rose Quartz
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Rose Quartz crystals can be broken into Rose Quartz, and are used to make Pink Glass.

Amethyst

Amethyst
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Amethyst crystals can be broken into Amethyst, and are used to make Violet Glass.

Precious stones

Precious stones do not currently have a use outside of Trading.

Diamond

Diamond
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Diamond is found in kimberlite and suevite.

Emerald

Emerald
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Emerald is found in limestone, shale, basalt, peridotite, and slate.

Peridot

Peridot
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Peridot is found in peridotite.