Sifting
With Rubble in your Inventory and a Mineral Pan equipped allows you to use Sift Rubble action on The Shallows to wash your Rubble and reveal if there was Any Raw Gem, Black Sand, or Goldflakes hidden within. Raw Gems have both a variable number of Hardness which determines how difficult that Gem is to cut on Gemcutter's Wheel and a have a variable number of Carats determined purely on chance, which gives a bonus to the Cut Gem's Artifact stats and if over 1.00 carats, change that Gemstone's size. Finding Any Raw Gem during a Blood Moon will instead give you a Blood Shard. Finding Any Raw Gem while Sifting reduces a bit of Insanity.
Gemstones
Any Raw Gem can be Cut into a Gemstone using a Gemcutter's Wheel with the success determined by the Hardness of the Raw Gem. Additionally each Cut type adds extra Hardness depending on the complexity of the Cut. An unsuccessful Cut will destroy your Raw Gem and replace it with 2x Gem Shards and 1x Fractured Gemstone. If a Raw Gem has enough carats the Cut Gem will gain additional Affluence.
Cut
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Skill
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Added Hardness
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Gemstone
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Bonus
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Cabochon-Cut
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Elementary Gemcutting
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+1
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Cabochon-Cut Dravite
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6 Affluence, 15 Soil Digging
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Cabochon-Cut Phosphophyllite
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6 Affluence, 15 Weaving
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Cabochon-Cut Rubellite
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6 Affluence, 15 Feasting
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Cabochon-Cut Uvarovite
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6 Affluence, 15 Woodworking
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Pear Cut
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Tasteful Gemcutting
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+30
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Pear-Cut Dravite
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9 Affluence, 15 Soil Digging
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Pear-Cut Phosphophyllite
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9 Affluence, 15 Weaving
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Pear-Cut Rubellite
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9 Affluence, 15 Feasting
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Pear-Cut Uvarovite
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9 Affluence, 15 Woodworking
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Square Cut
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Tasteful Gemcutting
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+15
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Square-Cut Dravite
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7 Affluence, 15 Soil Digging
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Square-Cut Phosphophyllite
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7 Affluence, 15 Weaving
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Square-Cut Rubellite
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7 Affluence, 15 Feasting
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Square-Cut Uvarovite
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7 Affluence, 15 Woodworking
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Starburst Cut
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Elaborate Gemcutting
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+45
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Starburst-Cut Dravite
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13 Affluence, 15 Soil Digging
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Starburst-Cut Phosphophyllite
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13 Affluence, 15 Weaving
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Starburst-Cut Rubellite
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13 Affluence, 15 Feasting
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Starburst-Cut Uvarovite
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13 Affluence, 15 Woodworking
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