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Aaaand text editor ate my response while I was signing up. Whoops!

Okay so, to sum up what I was gonna initially say in way less words: we don't neccessarily know for sure that gems come to life on the spot. All information we have from Amethyst comes with a major missing spot, since you can't expect Amethyst to know about stuff that happened before she became conscious/came to life. Cluster is a common way to refer to rock crystals, like quartz (or amethyst for that matter), especially when bunched together.

My honest guess? Kindergarten gem formation works akin to how actual gem cluster formation (and by that i mean really really REALLY slowly and with large chance of messup, a la Jasper's really rude 'overcooked runt' comment). Honestly, I would NOT be surprised if the gem monsters are actually related to messups in the automated process of gem creation or something? I dunno, I'm just rambling at this point.