Gem

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For other uses, see Gem (disambiguation).

Gems are obtained from mining, trading with other players, and as occasional monster drops. Using the Crafting skill, uncut gems can be cut, combined with precious metals to make jewellery and then enchanted using the Magic skill. Gems can also be cut into gem bolt tips. Gems up to diamond were previously rewards from the removed random events, but still remain as common rewards from Treasure Hunter.

Obtaining gems

• Mining gem rocks
• Geodes: obtained while mining
• Purchasing or stealing them from gem shops identified with a red gem icon on the world map
• Monster drops: the statues in Bandos's throne room frequently drop cut gems from sapphire through diamond, making the room popular for some gem hunters who can kill the statues easily. Completion of The Chosen Commander is required for access to the throne room
• From caskets (only the original four gems)

Gems

Gem	Cut gem	Price	Cut price	Profit/loss from cutting
Oyster pearl	N/A	636	N/A	N/A
Oyster pearls	N/A	759	N/A	N/A
Uncut lapis lazuli	Lapis lazuli gem	N/A	N/A	N/A
Uncut opal	Opal	498	505	7
Uncut jade	Jade	2,038	2,817	779
Uncut red topaz	Red topaz	878	1,128	250
Uncut sapphire	Sapphire	563	382	−181
Uncut emerald	Emerald	357	408	51
Uncut ruby	Ruby	360	395	35
Uncut diamond	Diamond	833	604	−229
Uncut dragonstone	Dragonstone	5,954	5,735	−219
Uncut onyx	Onyx	1,077,742	1,079,241	1,499
Incomplete hydrix	N/A	69,011,840	N/A	N/A
Uncut hydrix	Hydrix	69,805,479	70,995,828	1,190,349

Quest and task gems

Gem	Quest
Blood diamond	Desert Treasure
Ice diamond
Smoke diamond
Shadow diamond
Enchanted emerald	Rune Mechanics
Small gemstone	God Emissaries tasks
Fine small gemstone
Black prism	Zogre Flesh Eaters
Magic stone	Tears of Guthix
Quartz	Desperate Times
Meteorite Chunk	Tuska Comes
Warped gem	Extinction

Spirit gems

Pocket slot items that give a chance of saving a charm when worn while creating Summoning pouches.

Gem	Chance	Charges
Spirit sapphire	10%	10
Spirit emerald	20%	20
Spirit ruby	30%	30
Spirit diamond	40%	40
Spirit dragonstone	50%	50
Spirit onyx	60%	60

Other gems

Gem	Use
Crushed gem	A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains and Some Like It Cold quests
Enchanted gem	Slayer skill
Grim gem	Soul Reaper distraction and diversion
Mystic jewel	Retired Rogues' Den minigame
Shiny gem	Found while safecracking, can be handed in 10 Pilfer points or 37,500 coins
Gemstone kaseki	Player-owned ports minigame
Challenge gem	Allows players to start their own challenges

Update history

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* patch 9 December 2019 (Update):

• • Checking your kills left from an enchanted gem and grim gem now displays the text in an infobox, instead of only sending the feedback to game messages.

• patch 14 October 2019 (Update):
  • Grim gem will no longer equip when checking kills from the bank.

• patch 23 June 2014 (Update):
  • More than one gemstone golem part can now be traded at once.

• update 10 May 2001 (Update):
  • It is once again possible to mine gems.

• patch 23 September 2009 (Update):
  • Sped up gem cutting to match their original behaviour.

See also

• Jewels of the Elid
• Crystal

Trivia

• Prior to the Mining and Smithing rework, there was an 1/282 chance of obtaining gems from sapphire to diamond by mining any standard rock. It was even possible to mine multiple gems from the same rock.
• Fletching gems into bolt tips uses the same animation as cutting the uncut gem. Fletching gem bolt tips would incorrectly use the animation of the previous type of bolt tips you make once before being corrected for the rest (e.g. if you have previously fletched emerald bolt tips, then switch to sapphire bolt tips, you will be holding an emerald for the first animation but the rest would show a sapphire correctly).