Gem collecting

Gems are collectibles in The Sims 3. They are found in their raw form and can be cut by sending them to a gem cutters or by using the gem cutter machine.
==Raw==
Gemstones are found in the rough, around neighborhoods and on adventures, as well as with Buydebug spawners.
	Gem 	Rarity 	Min Value	Max Value	Location 	EP
	Blue Topaz 	Common 	9 	21 	Base neighborhood	
	Smoky Quartz 	Common 	15 	25 	Base neighborhood	
	Emerald 	Common 	20 	30 	Base neighborhood	
	Ruby 	Common 	25 	35 	Base neighborhood	
	Yellow Sapphire 	Uncommon	35 	60 	Base neighborhood	
	Tanzanite 	Uncommon	65 	95 	Base neighborhood	
	Diamond 	Rare 	100 	200 	Base neighborhood	
	Luminorious Gem 	Rare 	150 	300 	Base neighborhood	
	Rainbow Gem 	Rare 	450 	700 	Base neighborhood	Raw rainbow gems, opals, and tiberium can be obtained by using the "Rummage for Scrap" interaction on garbage cans in the neighborhood.
	Pink DiamondSims will need to cut a pink diamond into the heart shape in order to do the SimBot opportunity chain.	Rare 	1,200 	1,650 	Base neighborhood	
	Amethyst 	Common 	18 	24 	France 	
	Citrine 	Uncommon	35 	53 	France 	
	Opal 	Rare 	350 	520 	France 	
	Alabaster 	Common 	9 	55 	Egypt 	
	Turquoise 	Uncommon	60 	70 	Egypt 	
	Lapis Lazuli 	Common 	12 	30 	China 	
	Jade 	Rare 	120 	240 	China 	
	Quartz 	Common 	10 	18 	Base neighborhood	
	Geode 	Uncommon	15 	120 	Base neighborhood	
	Septarian Nodule 	Rare 	50 	350 	Base neighborhood	
	Tiberium 	Rare 	75 	125 	Base neighborhood	
	Soulpeace 	Rare 	1,450 	2,100 	Base neighborhood	
	Fluorite 	Rare 	300 	500 	Sculpting Station	
	Smithsonite 	Uncommon	31 	71 	Base neighborhood	
	Vampire's Eye 	Rare 	200 	375 	Base neighborhood	
	Sunstone 	Rare 	330 	720 	Base neighborhood	
	Moonstone 	Rare 	375 	855 	Base neighborhood	
	Bloodstone 	Uncommon	35 	105 	Base neighborhood	
===Tiberium===
Tiberium is an extraordinarily rare and potentially very valuable gem. It represents the Tiberium crystal in Command And Conquer: Tiberium Wars. The raw rock is worth §75-125. In the inventory (either as ore or cut) it will give a negative "Visceroidal Nausea" moodlet (-25 mood).
;Tiberium can be cut into 2 different forms:
*Small Spire Cut (§6,500)
*Heart-Shaped Cut (§1,000)
No matter what the cut is, a non-large cut of Tiberium will grow into a Large Spire Cut within a day, giving it a value of around §40,000 or higher in some cases. Large cuts of Tiberium gems do not morph into Large Spire cuts.
==Cuts==
Gems may be sent to the gem-cutter by mail and cut into the following cuts. Starting with the emerald cut, Sims gain cuts by cutting increasing numbers of gems.
Geode & Septarian Nodules only have polished split and heart-shaped cut, while Tiberium only has Spire and Heart-Shaped cut.
Sometimes the gem cutters will return an uncut gem, saying that it is actually a Mysterious Mr. Gnome in disguise.
The table lists both when you break even with a particular cut, and when a cut begins yielding better profit than the previous cut. For example, if a gem is worth §47, an oval cut provides §70 while the Pear cut yields §82. Factoring in the cost of the gem and the cost of cutting the gem, the Oval cut provides a §3 profit while the Pear cut yields no profit. The Pear cut does not start providing more profit than the Oval cut until the original worth is §60, as listed below.
With The Sims 3: Supernatural, Sims can purchase the Gem-U-Cut machine for a one-time investment of §975. It does not cost anything to cut a gem with the machine, meaning that the machine can eventually pay for itself. Sims gain access to new cuts when using the machine in the same way they would when sending gems to the gem-cutter via mail.
	Cut 	Cost 	Worth Change	Break Even	Range for Best Profit	Requirement 	EP
	Emerald 	§10 	125% 	§40 	§40 	None 	
	Oval 	§20 	150% 	§40 	§40-60 	4 cuts 	
	Pear 	§35 	175% 	§47 	§60 	+4 (8 total) cuts 	
	Plumbob 	§50 	200% 	§50 	§60-83 	+8 (16 total) cuts 	
	Marquis 	§75 	230% 	§58 	? 	+14 (30 total) cuts 	
	Crystal Ball 	§100 	260% 	§63 	§84-166 	+15 (45 total) cuts 	
	Brilliant 	§250 	350% 	§100 	§167-233 	+15 (60 total) cuts 	
	Heart-Shaped 	§1000	500% 	§250 	§600+ 	Collect 10 different types of gems 	
	Polished Split	§45 	240% 	§32 	§32-367 	Geode & Septarian Nodules available, transfiguration for others	
	Spire 	§6500	6900% 	— 	— 	Tiberium available, transfiguration for others 	
	Skull 	— 	1000% 	— 	— 	Available only via transfiguration 	
	Star 	§400 	400% 	§134 	§300-600 	+15 (75 total) cuts 	
	Sculptor's Egg	§175 	300% 	§88 	? 	Available to Sims with 5 points of sculpting skill 	
	Dust 	N/A 	25% 	— 	— 	Obtained as a byproduct when using the Gem cutter 	
	Sun 	§600 	500% 	§150 	§234+ 	+25 (100 total) cuts 	
	Moon 	§600 	500% 	§150 	§234+ 	+25 (100 total) cuts 	
;Notes:
*The star-cut will be enabled after installing patch 26 or The Sims 3: Pets, otherwise it will be hidden from normal gameplay and cannot be produced by players but they can be found in tombs. 
*A glitch that may be caused by testingcheatsenabled true is that when you are returning from any world causes all gems to become blue topaz in color. This can be fixed by restarting, although the glitched gems will stay blue.
==Gallery==
Collection of gems.jpg|Sample of gem cuts
All gems in all forms.jpg|All gems in all cuts of the base game
gemcollection.gif|(Currently) All gems from all Expansion packs in all cuts
===All cuts for all gems===
GemAlabasterBrilliant.png
GemAlabasterCrystalBall.png
GemAlabasterDust.png
GemAlabasterEmerald.png
GemAlabasterHeart.png
GemAlabasterMarquis.png
GemAlabasterMoon.png
GemAlabasterOval.png
GemAlabasterPear.png
GemAlabasterPlumbob.png
GemAlabasterPolishedSplit.png
GemAlabasterSculptorsEgg.png
GemAlabasterSkull.png
GemAlabasterSpire.png
GemAlabasterStar.png
GemAlabasterSun.png
GemAmethystBrilliant.png
GemAmethystCrystalBall.png
GemAmethystDust.png
GemAmethystEmerald.png
GemAmethystHeart.png
GemAmethystMarquis.png
GemAmethystMoon.png
GemAmethystOval.png
GemAmethystPear.png
GemAmethystPlumbob.png
GemAmethystPolishedSplit.png
GemAmethystSculptorsEgg.png
GemAmethystSkull.png
GemAmethystSpire.png
GemAmethystStar.png
GemAmethystSun.png
GemBloodstoneBrilliant.png
GemBloodstoneCrystalBall.png
GemBloodstoneDust.png
GemBloodstoneEmerald.png
GemBloodstoneHeart.png
GemBloodstoneMarquis.png
GemBloodstoneMoon.png
GemBloodstoneOval.png
GemBloodstonePear.png
GemBloodstonePlumbob.png
GemBloodstonePolishedSplit.png
GemBloodstoneSculptorsEgg.png
GemBloodstoneSkull.png
GemBloodstoneSpire.png
GemBloodstoneStar.png
GemBloodstoneSun.png
GemBlueTopazBrilliant.png
GemBlueTopazCrystalBall.png
GemBlueTopazDust.png
GemBlueTopazEmerald.png
GemBlueTopazHeart.png
GemBlueTopazMarquis.png
GemBlueTopazMoon.png
GemBlueTopazOval.png
GemBlueTopazPear.png
GemBlueTopazPlumbob.png
GemBlueTopazPolishedSplit.png
GemBlueTopazSculptorsEgg.png
GemBlueTopazSkull.png
GemBlueTopazSpire.png
GemBlueTopazStar.png
GemBlueTopazSun.png
GemCitrineBrilliant.png
GemCitrineCrystalBall.png
GemCitrineDust.png
GemCitrineEmerald.png
GemCitrineHeart.png
GemCitrineMarquis.png
GemCitrineMoon.png
GemCitrineOval.png
GemCitrinePear.png
GemCitrinePlumbob.png
GemCitrinePolishedSplit.png
GemCitrineSculptorsEgg.png
GemCitrineSkull.png
GemCitrineSpire.png
GemCitrineStar.png
GemCitrineSun.png
GemDiamondBrilliant.png
GemDiamondCrystalBall.png
GemDiamondDust.png
GemDiamondEmerald.png
GemDiamondHeart.png
GemDiamondMarquis.png
GemDiamondMoon.png
GemDiamondOval.png
GemDiamondPear.png
GemDiamondPlumbob.png
GemDiamondPolishedSplit.png
GemDiamondSculptorsEgg.png
GemDiamondSkull.png
GemDiamondSpire.png
GemDiamondStar.png
GemDiamondSun.png
GemEmeraldBrilliant.png
GemEmeraldCrystalBall.png
GemEmeraldDust.png
GemEmeraldEmerald.png
GemEmeraldHeart.png
GemEmeraldMarquis.png
GemEmeraldMoon.png
GemEmeraldOval.png
GemEmeraldPear.png
GemEmeraldPlumbob.png
GemEmeraldPolishedSplit.png
GemEmeraldSculptorsEgg.png
GemEmeraldSkull.png
GemEmeraldSpire.png
GemEmeraldStar.png
GemEmeraldSun.png
GemFluoriteBrilliant.png
GemFluoriteCrystalBall.png
GemFluoriteDust.png
GemFluoriteEmerald.png
GemFluoriteHeart.png
GemFluoriteMarquis.png
GemFluoriteMoon.png
GemFluoriteOval.png
GemFluoritePear.png
GemFluoritePlumbob.png
GemFluoritePolishedSplit.png
GemFluoriteSculptorsEgg.png
GemFluoriteSkull.png
GemFluoriteSpire.png
GemFluoriteStar.png
GemFluoriteSun.png
GemGeodeBrilliant.png
GemGeodeCrystalBall.png
GemGeodeDust.png
GemGeodeEmerald.png
GemGeodeHeart.png
GemGeodeMarquis.png
GemGeodeMoon.png
GemGeodeOval.png
GemGeodePear.png
GemGeodePlumbob.png
GemGeodePolishedSplit.png
GemGeodeSculptorsEgg.png
GemGeodeSkull.png
GemGeodeSpire.png
GemGeodeStar.png
GemGeodeSun.png
GemJadeBrilliant.png
GemJadeCrystalBall.png
GemJadeDust.png
GemJadeEmerald.png
GemJadeHeart.png
GemJadeMarquis.png
GemJadeMoon.png
GemJadeOval.png
GemJadePear.png
GemJadePlumbob.png
GemJadePolishedSplit.png
GemJadeSculptorsEgg.png
GemJadeSkull.png
GemJadeSpire.png
GemJadeStar.png
GemJadeSun.png
GemLapisLazuliBrilliant.png
GemLapisLazuliCrystalBall.png
GemLapisLazuliDust.png
GemLapisLazuliEmerald.png
GemLapisLazuliHeart.png
GemLapisLazuliMarquis.png
GemLapisLazuliMoon.png
GemLapisLazuliOval.png
GemLapisLazuliPear.png
GemLapisLazuliPlumbob.png
GemLapisLazuliPolishedSplit.png
GemLapisLazuliSculptorsEgg.png
GemLapisLazuliSkull.png
GemLapisLazuliSpire.png
GemLapisLazuliStar.png
GemLapisLazuliSun.png
GemLuminoriousBrilliant.png
GemLuminoriousCrystalBall.png
GemLuminoriousDust.png
GemLuminoriousEmerald.png
GemLuminoriousHeart.png
GemLuminoriousMarquis.png
GemLuminoriousMoon.png
GemLuminoriousOval.png
GemLuminoriousPear.png
GemLuminoriousPlumbob.png
GemLuminoriousPolishedSplit.png
GemLuminoriousSculptorsEgg.png
GemLuminoriousSkull.png
GemLuminoriousSpire.png
GemLuminoriousStar.png
GemLuminoriousSun.png
GemMoonstoneBrilliant.png
GemMoonstoneCrystalBall.png
GemMoonstoneDust.png
GemMoonstoneEmerald.png
GemMoonstoneHeart.png
GemMoonstoneMarquis.png
GemMoonstoneMoon.png
GemMoonstoneOval.png
GemMoonstonePear.png
GemMoonstonePlumbob.png
GemMoonstonePolishedSplit.png
GemMoonstoneSculptorsEgg.png
GemMoonstoneSkull.png
GemMoonstoneSpire.png
GemMoonstoneStar.png
GemMoonstoneSun.png
GemOpalBrilliant.png
GemOpalCrystalBall.png
GemOpalDust.png
GemOpalEmerald.png
GemOpalHeart.png
GemOpalMarquis.png
GemOpalMoon.png
GemOpalOval.png
GemOpalPear.png
GemOpalPlumbob.png
GemOpalPolishedSplit.png
GemOpalSculptorsEgg.png
GemOpalSkull.png
GemOpalSpire.png
GemOpalStar.png
GemOpalSun.png
GemPinkDiamondBrilliant.png
GemPinkDiamondCrystalBall.png
GemPinkDiamondDust.png
GemPinkDiamondEmerald.png
GemPinkDiamondHeart.png
GemPinkDiamondMarquis.png
GemPinkDiamondMoon.png
GemPinkDiamondOval.png
GemPinkDiamondPear.png
GemPinkDiamondPlumbob.png
GemPinkDiamondPolishedSplit.png
GemPinkDiamondSculptorsEgg.png
GemPinkDiamondSkull.png
GemPinkDiamondSpire.png
GemPinkDiamondStar.png
GemPinkDiamondSun.png
GemQuartzBrilliant.png
GemQuartzCrystalBall.png
GemQuartzDust.png
GemQuartzEmerald.png
GemQuartzHeart.png
GemQuartzMarquis.png
GemQuartzMoon.png
GemQuartzOval.png
GemQuartzPear.png
GemQuartzPlumbob.png
GemQuartzPolishedSplit.png
GemQuartzSculptorsEgg.png
GemQuartzSkull.png
GemQuartzSpire.png
GemQuartzStar.png
GemQuartzSun.png
GemRainbowBrilliant.png
GemRainbowCrystalBall.png
GemRainbowDust.png
GemRainbowEmerald.png
GemRainbowHeart.png
GemRainbowMarquis.png
GemRainbowMoon.png
GemRainbowOval.png
GemRainbowPear.png
GemRainbowPlumbob.png
GemRainbowPolishedSplit.png
GemRainbowSculptorsEgg.png
GemRainbowSkull.png
GemRainbowSpire.png
GemRainbowStar.png
GemRainbowSun.png
GemRubyBrilliant.png
GemRubyCrystalBall.png
GemRubyDust.png
GemRubyEmerald.png
GemRubyHeart.png
GemRubyMarquis.png
GemRubyMoon.png
GemRubyOval.png
GemRubyPear.png
GemRubyPlumbob.png
GemRubyPolishedSplit.png
GemRubySculptorsEgg.png
GemRubySkull.png
GemRubySpire.png
GemRubyStar.png
GemRubySun.png
GemSeptarianNoduleBrilliant.png
GemSeptarianNoduleCrystalBall.png
GemSeptarianNoduleDust.png
GemSeptarianNoduleEmerald.png
GemSeptarianNoduleHeart.png
GemSeptarianNoduleMarquis.png
GemSeptarianNoduleMoon.png
GemSeptarianNoduleOval.png
GemSeptarianNodulePear.png
GemSeptarianNodulePlumbob.png
GemSeptarianNodulePolishedSplit.png
GemSeptarianNoduleSculptorsEgg.png
GemSeptarianNoduleSkull.png
GemSeptarianNoduleSpire.png
GemSeptarianNoduleStar.png
GemSeptarianNoduleSun.png
GemSmithsoniteBrilliant.png
GemSmithsoniteCrystalBall.png
GemSmithsoniteDust.png
GemSmithsoniteEmerald.png
GemSmithsoniteHeart.png
GemSmithsoniteMarquis.png
GemSmithsoniteMoon.png
GemSmithsoniteOval.png
GemSmithsonitePear.png
GemSmithsonitePlumbob.png
GemSmithsonitePolishedSplit.png
GemSmithsoniteSculptorsEgg.png
GemSmithsoniteSkull.png
GemSmithsoniteSpire.png
GemSmithsoniteStar.png
GemSmithsoniteSun.png
GemSmokyQuartzBrilliant.png
GemSmokyQuartzCrystalBall.png
GemSmokyQuartzDust.png
GemSmokyQuartzEmerald.png
GemSmokyQuartzHeart.png
GemSmokyQuartzMarquis.png
GemSmokyQuartzMoon.png
GemSmokyQuartzOval.png
GemSmokyQuartzPear.png
GemSmokyQuartzPlumbob.png
GemSmokyQuartzPolishedSplit.png
GemSmokyQuartzSculptorsEgg.png
GemSmokyQuartzSkull.png
GemSmokyQuartzSpire.png
GemSmokyQuartzStar.png
GemSmokyQuartzSun.png
GemSoulpeaceBrilliant.png
GemSoulpeaceCrystalBall.png
GemSoulpeaceDust.png
GemSoulpeaceEmerald.png
GemSoulpeaceHeart.png
GemSoulpeaceMarquis.png
GemSoulpeaceMoon.png
GemSoulpeaceOval.png
GemSoulpeacePear.png
GemSoulpeacePlumbob.png
GemSoulpeacePolishedSplit.png
GemSoulpeaceSculptorsEgg.png
GemSoulpeaceSkull.png
GemSoulpeaceSpire.png
GemSoulpeaceStar.png
GemSoulpeaceSun.png
GemSunstoneBrilliant.png
GemSunstoneCrystalBall.png
GemSunstoneDust.png
GemSunstoneEmerald.png
GemSunstoneHeart.png
GemSunstoneMarquis.png
GemSunstoneMoon.png
GemSunstoneOval.png
GemSunstonePear.png
GemSunstonePlumbob.png
GemSunstonePolishedSplit.png
GemSunstoneSculptorsEgg.png
GemSunstoneSkull.png
GemSunstoneSpire.png
GemSunstoneStar.png
GemSunstoneSun.png
GemTanzaniteBrilliant.png
GemTanzaniteCrystalBall.png
GemTanzaniteDust.png
GemTanzaniteEmerald.png
GemTanzaniteHeart.png
GemTanzaniteMarquis.png
GemTanzaniteMoon.png
GemTanzaniteOval.png
GemTanzanitePear.png
GemTanzanitePlumbob.png
GemTanzanitePolishedSplit.png
GemTanzaniteSculptorsEgg.png
GemTanzaniteSkull.png
GemTanzaniteSpire.png
GemTanzaniteStar.png
GemTanzaniteSun.png
GemTiberiumBrilliant.png
GemTiberiumCrystalBall.png
GemTiberiumDust.png
GemTiberiumEmerald.png
GemTiberiumHeart.png
GemTiberiumMarquis.png
GemTiberiumMoon.png
GemTiberiumOval.png
GemTiberiumPear.png
GemTiberiumPlumbob.png
GemTiberiumPolishedSplit.png
GemTiberiumSculptorsEgg.png
GemTiberiumSkull.png
GemTiberiumSpire.png
GemTiberiumStar.png
GemTiberiumSun.png
GemTurquoiseBrilliant.png
GemTurquoiseCrystalBall.png
GemTurquoiseDust.png
GemTurquoiseEmerald.png
GemTurquoiseHeart.png
GemTurquoiseMarquis.png
GemTurquoiseMoon.png
GemTurquoiseOval.png
GemTurquoisePear.png
GemTurquoisePlumbob.png
GemTurquoisePolishedSplit.png
GemTurquoiseSculptorsEgg.png
GemTurquoiseSkull.png
GemTurquoiseSpire.png
GemTurquoiseStar.png
GemTurquoiseSun.png
GemVampiresEyeBrilliant.png
GemVampiresEyeCrystalBall.png
GemVampiresEyeDust.png
GemVampiresEyeEmerald.png
GemVampiresEyeHeart.png
GemVampiresEyeMarquis.png
GemVampiresEyeMoon.png
GemVampiresEyeOval.png
GemVampiresEyePear.png
GemVampiresEyePlumbob.png
GemVampiresEyePolishedSplit.png
GemVampiresEyeSculptorsEgg.png
GemVampiresEyeSkull.png
GemVampiresEyeSpire.png
GemVampiresEyeStar.png
GemVampiresEyeSun.png
GemYellowSapphireBrilliant.png
GemYellowSapphireCrystalBall.png
GemYellowSapphireDust.png
GemYellowSapphireEmerald.png
GemYellowSapphireHeart.png
GemYellowSapphireMarquis.png
GemYellowSapphireMoon.png
GemYellowSapphireOval.png
GemYellowSapphirePear.png
GemYellowSapphirePlumbob.png
GemYellowSapphirePolishedSplit.png
GemYellowSapphireSculptorsEgg.png
GemYellowSapphireSkull.png
GemYellowSapphireSpire.png
GemYellowSapphireStar.png
GemYellowSapphireSun.png
==References==
fr:Collection de pierres précieuses
Category:Collectibles
Category:Collectibles in The Sims 3
Category:Objects
Category:Objects in The Sims 3