Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25317362-20140925205832/@comment-25365147-20140926093046

Gnx486 wrote: It's interesting that Lapis specified that GAP were "Crystal" Gems, as if that set them apart from other gems, and she also expressed her surprise that Steven was one, even though he helped her. Makes me wonder if Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Rose were in a minority of gem-kind who took some special interest in the Earth.

I thought it was already made clear that GAP were Crystal Gems and the species as a whole are just Gems. Whenever they talk about the ones outside of their group, they refer to them as Gems or Gem-kind.