190 lines
8.6 KiB
Groff
190 lines
8.6 KiB
Groff
What Someone with Mineral Lore at 51% Knows
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People in Glorantha have as much trouble telling gems apart
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as people on Earth do. They may have more, because the shape of
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a stone gives no information about it. With some exceptions, any
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stone could have its shape because a sorceror formed it that way.
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Sorcerors can also mold a mottled or banded stone like clay until
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it has a consistent color. Sorcerors or simple craftsmen can
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change a stone's texture. This leaves color, transparency,
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toughness, and fragility as the main distinguishing
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characteristics. Glass is the great unknown. It can be flecked,
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banded, layered, milky, silky or catseye. It can be transparent
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or translucent, or opaque if a dark color.
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Notes:
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s = solid (assume all gems are solid unless an m or b note
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appears)
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f = flecked
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m = milky or waxy
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b = banded
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l = layered
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c = catseye
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w = waxy
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g = glittering
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Multicolored stones are of the same transparency as solid stones
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of the same type; where there is none, Tp (Transparent), Tl
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(Translucent), or O (Opaque) appears.
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If it is... Then the gem could be:
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Black and
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Transparent Diamond, or Zircon
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Translucent Diamond, or Zircon
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Opaque Alabaster (dyed), Chalcedony (dyed),
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Coral (s, f), Jet (s, f, g, w), Obsidian
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(s, f, b), Pearl
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Blue and
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Transparent Aquamarine, Diamond, Jewelflor (whitish),
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Quartz, Sapphire, or Zircon
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Translucent Aquamarine, Jewelflor (whitish), Quartz, or
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Zircon
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Opaque Alabaster (dyed), Chalcedony (dyed), Coral
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(s, f), Lapis Lazuli (f), Pearl, Turquoise
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(s, f)
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Brown and
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Transparent Diamond
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Opaque Alabaster (dyed), Chalcedony (f, or dyed s),
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Jet (s, f, g, w), Petrified Wood, Sard,
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Tiger's Eye, or Topaz
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Orange Hawk's Eye (O: c)
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Yellow Chalcedony (b)
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Yellow & White Chalcedony (b)
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Clear and
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Transparent Diamond, Jewelflor, Quartz, or Zircon
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Translucent Jewelflor (m, w), or Zircon
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Gray and
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Translucent Agate,
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Opaque Agate (f), Alabaster (dyed), Bezoar (s, f),
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Chalcedony (dyed), Echostone (s, f),
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Ironrock, Pearl, Petrified Wood, or Prase
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(greenish)
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Orange Agate (b)
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Green and
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Transparent Aquamarine (bluish), Arkatite (in daylight),
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Diamond, Emerald (s, f, b), Jewelflor,
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Quartz, Sapphire (bluish), or Zircon
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Translucent Aquamarine (bluish), Emerald (s, f, b), Jade
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(s, f, m, b), Jewelflor (m, w), Sapphire
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(bluish)
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Opaque Alabaster (dyed), Chalcedony (dyed),
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Chrysoprase (f, b), Grow Stone (s, f), Jade
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(s, f, m, b), Jewelflor (m, w, g), Prase
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(grayish)
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Brown Chrysoprase (b), Jade (f, b)
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White Chrysoprase (b, f), Jade (f, b)
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Orange and
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Transparent Amber, Diamond, Zircon
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Translucent Agate
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Opaque Agate (f), Alabaster (dyed), Chalcedony
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(dyed), Grow Stone
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Brown Hawk's Eye (o)
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Gray Agate (b)
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Pink and
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Transparent Quartz, Ruby, or Zircon
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Translucent Ruby
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Opaque Alabaster (dyed), Chalcedony (dyed), Coral
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(s, f), Grow Stone, Sard,
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Red and
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Transparent Amber, Arkatite (by firelight), Ruby
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Translucent Almandine, Cornelian (m, w), Ruby
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Opaque Alabaster (dyed), Bloodstone (f), Chalcedony
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(dyed), Coral (s, f)
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Black Bloodstone (f), Coral (f, b), Jasper (O: b,
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f)
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Brown Bloodstone (f), Coral (f), Jasper (O: b, f)
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Green Bloodstone (f)
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Orange Jasper (O: b, f)
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White Jasper (O: b, f)
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Onyx (dark and light), Opal (spectrum of speckles), Tiger's
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Eye (brown and yellow, perhaps with red lines), or Turquoise
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(blue and one or more of: black, brown, or white)
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Violet and
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Transparent Amethyst, Jewelfor (whitish), Zircon
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Translucent Almandine, Jewelflor (whitish)
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Opaque Amethyst (f), Alabaster (dyed), Chalcedony
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(f, b, or dyed s), Grow Stone
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White Amethyst (b), Chalcedony (b), Jade (f, b),
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Jewelflor (m)
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White and
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Transparent Jewelflor
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Translucent Alabaster (see notes), Jade (s, f, b)
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Opaque Alabaster (natural), Chalcedony (b or dyed
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s), Coral, Grow Stone, Ivory, Jade (s, f, b),
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Pearl
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Violet Amethyst (b), Chalcedony (b), Jade (f, b)
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Yellow & Brown Chalcedony (b), Jade (f, b)
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Yellow and
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Transparent Amber, Chrysoberyl (s, c), Diamond, Zircon
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Translucent Jade (f, b), Jewelflor
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Opaque Alabaster (dyed), Chalcedony (f, b, or dyed
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s), Grow Stone, Ivory, Jade (s, f, m, b),
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Topaz
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Brown Chalcedony (f or b), Jade (f, b)
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Brown & White Chalcedony (f or b), Jade (f)
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SUMMARY:
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Gem Color(s) Transparency
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AGATE O, Gy, banded Op, Tl
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ALABASTER W Op
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ALMANDINE R-Vt Tl
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AMBER O, Y, or R Tp, Tl
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AMETHYST Vt (+W) Tp (W=Op)
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AQUAMARINE Bu, Bu-Gn Tp, (Tl)
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ARKATITE Gn in daylight, lt R by firelight
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or magical light Tl
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BEZOAR Gray Op
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BLOODSTONE Dark Gn + R Op
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CHALCEDONY banded/mottled waxy, dull, or
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Tl
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CHRYSOBERYL golden-Y Tp
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CHRYSOPRASE mottled/banded Gn Tl and Op
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CORAL R, W, P, Bk, Bu Op
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CORNELIAN cherry R waxy or milky
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DIAMOND C, Y, Bn, Bu, Gn, O, Bk Tp
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ECHOSTONE Gray Op
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EMERALD Gn Tp or Tl
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lustrous
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GLASS Any Tp or Tl
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GROW STONE Gn Op
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HAWK'S EYE O + Bn striped Op
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IRONROCK Gray Op
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IVORY W Op
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JADE Gn, W or Y Op, Tl
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JASPER dark red and white, brown, or
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black, striped/spotted Op
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JET Bk, Bn Op
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JEWELFLOR W, C, W/Gn, W/Bu Tp
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LAPIS LAZULI Bu (spotted/striped) Op
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OBSIDIAN Bk Op
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ONYX even layers dark and light,
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especially white and black Op
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OPAL iridescent rainbow Tp, Op
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PEARL W, Bk, Bu, G Op
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PETRIFIED WOOD Bn, Gy Op
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PRASE Lt Gy-Gn, mottled Op
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QUARTZ C Tp
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RUBY R Tp, Tl
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SAPPHIRE Bu or Bu-Gn Tp
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SARD R-Bn Tp or milky
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TIGER'S EYE Bn + Y striped, (+ dark R lines) Op
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TOPAZ Bn or Y, too deep to be
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chrysoberl, or Gn- or R-tinted
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yellow stones Tp, Tl
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TURQUOISE Bu (+Bk, Bn, or W) Op
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ZIRCON variety Tl
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