Parry gems

Parry gems are red gems, orange gems, purple gems, and prismatic gems.
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|+ Mists of Pandaria Gems
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! Color !! Name !! colspan=2 | Effect(s)
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| rowspan=3 style ="background: #662020; align:center; text-align:center;" | Red
| Flashing Serpent's Eye || colspan="2" | +20 Parry
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| Flashing Primordial Ruby || colspan="2" | +20 Parry
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| Flashing Pandarian Garnet || colspan="2" | +16 Parry
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| rowspan=6 style ="background: #B55A00; align:center; text-align:center;" | Orange
| Fine Vermilion Onyx || +10 Parry || +10 Mastery
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| Splendid Vermilion Onyx || +10 Parry || +5 PvP Resilience
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| Stalwart Vermilion Onyx || +10 Parry || +10 Dodge
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| Fine Tiger Opal || +8 Parry || +8 Mastery
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| Splendid Tiger Opal || +8 Parry || +8 PvP Resilience
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| Stalwart Tiger Opal || +8 Parry || +4 Dodge
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| rowspan=4 style ="background: #662066; align:center; text-align:center;" | Purple
| Defender's Imperial Amethyst || +10 Parry || +8 Stamina
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| Retaliating Imperial Amethyst || +10 Parry || +10 Critical Strike
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| Defender's Roguestone || +8 Parry || +8 Stamina
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| Retaliating Roguestone || +8 Parry || +6 Critical Strike
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| rowspan=1 style ="background: grey; align:center; text-align:center;" | Cogwheel
| Flashing Tinker's Gear || colspan="2" | +38 Parry
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 Cataclysm Gems
Color 	Name 	Effect(s)	Effect(s)
Red 	Flashing Queen's Garnet 	+20 Parry	+20 Parry
Red 	Flashing Chimera's Eye 	+16 Parry	+16 Parry
Red 	Flashing Inferno Ruby 	+16 Parry	+16 Parry
Red 	Flashing Carnelian 	+12 Parry	+12 Parry
Orange	Fine Lava Coral 	+10 Parry	+10 Mastery
Orange	Stalwart Lava Coral 	+10 Parry	+10 Dodge
Orange	Splendid Lava Coral 	+10 Parry	+5 PvP Resilience
Orange	Fine Ember Topaz 	+8 Parry 	+8 Mastery
Orange	Fine Hessonite 	+6 Parry 	+6 Mastery
Purple	Defender's Shadow Spinel 	+10 Parry	+8 Stamina
Purple	Retaliating Shadow Spinel	+10 Parry	+10 Critical Strike
Purple	Defender's Demonseye 	+8 Parry 	+4 Stamina
Purple	Retaliating Demonseye 	+8 Parry 	+8 Critical Strike
Purple	Defender's Nightstone 	+6 Parry 	+5 Stamina
Purple	Retaliating Nightstone 	+6 Parry 	+6 Critical Strike
 Northrend Gems
Color 	Name 	Effect(s)	Effect(s)
Red 	Flashing Dragon's Eye 	+20 Parry	+20 Parry
Red 	Flashing Cardinal Ruby 	+20 Parry	+20 Parry
Red 	Flashing Scarlet Ruby 	+16 Parry	+16 Parry
Red 	Flashing Bloodstone 	+12 Parry	+12 Parry
Orange	Stalwart Ametrine 	+10 Parry	+10 Dodge
Orange	Stalwart Monarch Topaz 	+8 Parry 	+8 Dodge
Orange	Stalwart Huge Citrine 	+6 Parry 	+6 Dodge
Purple	Defender's Dreadstone 	+10 Parry	+8 Stamina
Purple	Defender's Twilight Opal 	+8 Parry 	+6 Stamina
Purple	Defender's Shadow Crystal	+6 Parry 	+5 Stamina
 Outland gems
Color 	Name 	Effect(s)	Effect(s)
Red 	Flashing Crimson Spinel	+20 Parry	+20 Parry
Red 	Flashing Living Ruby 	+16 Parry	+16 Parry
Orange	Stalwart Fire Opal 	+5 Parry 	+4 Dodge
Orange	Splendid Fire Opal 	+5 Parry 	+4 PvP Resilience
Purple	Defender's Tanzanite 	+5 Parry 	+6 Stamina
== Notes ==
Before Patch 3.2.0 in particular, parry gems were generally considered inferior to dodge gems or defense gems because of the amount of avoidance they give when taking into account diminishing returns. This still may be true after the patch was released, but it should be less so. 
On July 13, 2009, Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street, the Lead Systems Designer posted about this very topic on the forums:
== Patch changes ==
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