Gems of Temuair

There are 4 states a gem can be which are;

• Fragment

• Uncut

• Flawed

• Finished

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Fragment

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This is the gem in it's first state before any polishing has begun, and gems can be bought as fragments from the Rucesion Black Market.

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Uncut

 

To make an uncut gem, make sure you save your labour for the gem polishing as it is very tiring. 

Have your sandpaper, bucket of water and cloth to hand and your gem.

Lay sandpaper down on the cutting board.

Scoop some water onto the sandpaper and begin to rub the gem over the sandpaper.

 

Giving the gem a once over, by yourself, once you wipe the gem clean of sand and water, it will now be in an uncut state. 

 

To make certain of this just hold your gem up to the light so you can properly evaluate it, you can clarify it is now uncut.

 

Flawed

 

Not very often will an Aisling require a flawed gem, but on the odd time, there is a specific method to achieving this. 

 

Grabbing your gem smithing tools, make sure you are comfortable. Have your sandpaper, bucket of water and cloth to hand and your gem.

Lay sandpaper down on the cutting board.

Scoop some water onto the sandpaper and begin to rub the gem over the sandpaper.

 

Giving the gem a once over, with an assistant, once you wipe the gem clean of sand and water, it will now be in a flawed state. Polishing this to a flawed state alone will take two goes over the gem with the sandpaper and rinsing it off in between to check it. However, when polishing alone, your hand may slip (possibly due to fatigue or clumsiness or ineptitude at the craft) and your precious gem could crack in your hands. 

 

I suggest always appraising your gem to make sure it is polished to the quality you, or your buyer, is looking for. 

 

With a fellow assistant, your gem willbecome finished, but your hands can wander and create an uncut gem with just one polish.

 

Finished

 

With a full day's labour and a good assistant, you can polish six talgonite fragments to finished and have enough time to get a seventh to a flawed state.

 

To achieve a truly polished finish on your chosen gem can take a few goes over. I’d say about three rounds of sanding and rinsing off, with an assistant to steady your hand which will help you to craft a finished gem. This is the most tiresome part of gem smithing and takes the most time and effort.

 

Without an assistant, it could take even longer than three goes over, up to four if you don’t crack the gem. I would always suggest having a friend help you so you don’t waste precious resources by cracking gems.

 

Once a gem is in a finished state, you cannot shine or polish the gem any further.