Talk:Gems/@comment-25602163-20160816011132

so on the topic of gem heirarchy

diamonds rule

sapphires are aristocrats, rubies basic soldier servants to the elite

pearls are maids

bismuth are builders

peridots are technitians

for other gems seen corrupted/in background - a lapis is in blue diamonds court aristocratic gems are the rarest and most valuable types, 4 precious gems exist, diamond, sapphire, ruby and emerald. emerald is a beryl so the beryl gems are likely aristocrats. desert glass presumably functions as lapis does but with sand and is not considered common so is possibly an aristocrat trapped after the war.

quartz/chalceclony gems appear to be built for battle (rose and amethyst) yellow and green versions can exist too as can a purple and yellow striped type. notably the yellow is special heat treated amethyst, imagine yellow diamond having elite citrine, peridot notes carnellians, and jasper is a soldier, bismuth also mentions biggs, a type of jasper and crazy lace a type of agate. due to centipeetles hair design matching the quarz style it seems likely to be chrysophrase, centipeetle was a colonial security force/piloted a battleship.

bismuth also mentions nephrites and snowflake which appears to be obsidian, volcanic glass presumably obsidian is a labor gem alongside bismuth.

tourmalines are a diverse family and it is unclear, though confirmed to exist, where they stand in the heirarchy.

small note - centipeetles commander resembles a gem in blue diamonds court, even their gem shape and location is the same, as one is yellowish and the other blue this may be topaz, its hardness makes it a good general and the blue variant is rare enough to make it considered special.