Gem Types

Gems of each type have a specific purpose in Homeworld society, which determines their dictated role, appearance, and personality. (Note, this list refers exclusively to gem types that appear in the AU. Canon gemtypes that don't appear on this list and aren't contradicted by it can be assumed to exist)

## Diamond

Diamonds are the highest gem type in the gem hierarchy. The only currently known Diamond, Black Diamond, serves as supreme ruler of Homeworld. Diamonds are taller than any other single Gem at around 45 feet, and possess wide-ranging powers that affect other gems

* Black Diamond
* Carbonado

## Beryls

Beryls are treated as different gems on Homeworld, despite their mineralogical similarity. They have different appearances, powers, and voices, but are universally aristocrats. Morganites deal with the social element of Homeworld, including reassigning and reconditioning Gems. Goshenites serve as colony designers and administrators

* Morganite
* Goshenite

## Iolite

Iolites are high-ranking noble Gems with the ability to sense the emotions and motivations of other Gems.

* Iolite

## Jadeite

Jadeites are the admirals of Homeworld's space fleet, commanding full ships or platoons of ships.

* Jadeite

## Quartz

Quartzes are large, physically imposing gems that form the bulk of Homeworld's armies. Microcrystalline Quartzes tend to be higher ranked than macrocrystalline quartzes, but quartz status is very based in achievement

* Citrine
* Tiger's Eye
* Onyx
* Ocean Jasper
* Bruneau Jasper
* Heliotrope

## Rutile Hematites

Rutile Hematites are a new (by Gem standards) gem type, created in the wake of the war for Earth. They're meant to be less specialized than older gems, combining the piloting abilities of a Rutile with the maintenance abilities of a Hematite

* Rutile Hematite

## Obsidians

Obsidians run the Foundries that produce Homeworld's raw materials and serve as assembly lines for Homeworld. They have very little power outside the Foundries

* Obsidian

## Nacres

Nacres are in charge of crafting and customizing Pearls. Inside the Beds, they are effectively nobility, but outside them, they are basically seen as a slightly superior type of Pearl with pretensions.

## Peridotites

Peridotites are general low-caste technicians, who can be called on to do anything from piloting to Kindergarden maintenance to electronics work.

* Olivine
* Chrysolite

## Dioptase

Dioptases are maintenance and infrastructure workers, who use their hydrokinesis and psammokinesis in their work

* Dioptase

## Cinnabar

Cinnabars are the low-ranking workers at the Foundaries, who work on the assembly lines. They're surprisingly durable for their caste and size, and possess the ability to manipulate heat and fire

* Cinnabar

## Selenite

Selenites serve as living databases and analysts. They have near-perfect memory, incredible analytic and mental calculation skills, very fine control over their holograms, and can transfer information directly from one selenite to another

* Selenite

## Jet

Jets are terrakinetic miners, set down early in colonization to locate mineral deposits and move them into a more convenient form or location

* Jet

## Amber

Ambers are informants and spies, using their near-perfect shapeshifting abilities to infiltrate areas of concern. Highly specialized, they're incredibly rare and tightly controlled

* Amber

## Pearl

Pearls are ornamental slaves, owned by the Gem upper class and occasionally rewarded to lower-class gems for great services. Pearls usually have a gem placement and colour matching their owner, and their clothing is designed to imitate their owners as well. They have the ability to project very complex precise holograms, and can store objects in a pocket dimension in their gems.

* Light Blue Pearl
* Baroque Silver Pearl
* Black Pearl
* Pink Pearl

## Corals

Corals are low-ranking servants who do all the dirty menial jobs. They're assigned to specific structures or areas, which they aren't supposed to leave

* Coral/The Crabtopus

## Granite

Granites are large gems used as in construction, or as muscle when a Quartz won;t do. They're only made when a planet is nearing its end of usefulness and the mineral deposits are too depleted to make pure Gems, and are very low-ranking as a result

* Granite