Precious Gems (Oblivion)

Precious Gems are valuable items in . Six types exist in the game world: diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, rubies, topazes, and pearls. Gold and silver nuggets are also classified as precious gems. Flawless diamonds have one of the highest values per weight-unit in the entire game.
Unlike Soul Gems, precious gems serve no practical function and cannot be used in the crafting of items; however, due to their rarity, they can be sold for various amounts of gold, depending on their quality. Gems come in three qualities: flawed, flawless, and an unmarked standard quality. Value is ranged from flawed, standard, and flawless respectively. Due to their lightweight and high value, gems are ideal loot when spelunking caves and dungeons.
Obtaining gems is relatively random. While most gems appear as radiant loot from containers and corpses, some locations statically produce the same gems, always. Various general goods merchants trade gems, having them available for purchase while also willingly buying them. Magic-related merchants and curiosity shops also purchase gems, even if they do not sell them. Countess Arriana Valga of Chorrol, gives various precious gems as a reward for completing the quest "Canvas the Castle."
While most gems are found as random loot, some gem locations are static. For example, several expensive gems can be found in Martin Septim's chambers at Cloud Ruler Temple. A sapphire and a ruby can be found during the Tutorial, aside the inanimate skeleton where the first Iron Bow is found. Further into the quest, other gems statically appear in a chest near the Goblin Shaman that wields the game's first obtainable staff.
==Types of gems==
Name 	Gold	ID	Location 	Image
Gold Nugget 	25 	 	MinesCabinets within castlesSold by General Goods merchantsBandit Camps	
Silver Nugget 	15 	 	MinesCabinets within castlesSold by General Goods merchantsBandit Camps	
Diamond 	50 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawed Diamond 	25 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawless Diamond 	100 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Emerald 	40 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawed Emerald 	20 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawless Emerald 	80 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Pearl 	5 	 	Within clamsRandom LootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawed Pearl 	2 	 	Within clamsRandom lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawless Pearl 	10 	 	Within clamsRandom lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Ruby 	20 	 	Imperial City SewersRandom lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawed Ruby 	10 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawless Ruby 	40 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Sapphire 	30 	 	Imperial City SewersRandom LootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawed Sappire 	15 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawless Sapphire	60 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Topaz 	10 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawed Topaz 	5 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
Flawless Topaz 	20 	 	Random lootGeneral Goods merchants 	
==Bugs==
*Gold nuggets cannot be used to restore magical items at Magicka Essences inside Oblivion if the book Arcana Restored is also possessed.
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es:Joyas (Oblivion)
ru:Драгоценные камни (Oblivion)
Category:Oblivion: Miscellaneous Items