Gem materials

Gems are either found when mining, extracted using prospecting, looted from mobs or items such as chests, or bought from vendors.

Northrend Gems
This table is to identify the name of the material required to craft a gem if its color and its quality are known.


 * Special
 * - mostly sold, used to create a variety of BoP gems
 * and - from various clams, can be cut to match any colored socket (prismatic).
 * , - Meta gems source material, created by Alchemy
 * Perfect gems - a result of Gem Perfection affecting the creation of what would otherwise be an Uncommon (Northrend) gem. It is reported to proc about 10% of the time.

Cataclysm Gems
This table is to identify the name of the material required to craft a gem if its color and its quality are known.


 * Special
 * - mostly sold, used to create a variety of BoP gems
 * - Meta gems source material, created by Alchemy
 * Perfect gems - a result of Gem Perfection affecting the creation of what would otherwise be an Uncommon gem. It is reported to proc about 10% of the time. This does not count for Solid Zephyrite, Timeless Nightstone and Jagged Jasper.

Quests
Gems need to be obtained for the following quests:
 * Level 30-39
 * Small Lustrous Pearl
 * - from Rigglefuzz in the Valley of Fangs in the Badlands

Loot
Gems may be looted from the following:


 * Small Lustrous Pearl - Giant Clam, Small Barnacled Clam and Thick-shelled Clam. May also be dropped by L15-24 mobs in places such as The Barrens and Blackfathom Deeps. Can be found in The Sparklematic 5200 or Battered Chest, Tattered Chest and Tattered Chest