Gems treasure list for the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

[jerril]

Precis – This is a quick grab-n-go list of some Dungeon Fantasy ready gems with a little bit of description, sorted by some handy value tiers.
Dungeon Fantasy Exploits gives some rough ideas on relative value for gems, but is sparse on concrete details.

Here's a quick grab-n-go list of some gems with a little bit of description, sorted by some handy value tiers. As a reminder: gems are so trivially small that unless you're dealing with handfuls of them, you can ignore the weight. I've included weights anyways in case you want like, a pound of obsidian trade gems or something.

$25:

• 3/4" long piece of good quality obsidian, cut and polished to resemble a Legend of Zelda rupee (6.8 ct)
• 5/8" long octohedron of average quality agate. (8.9 ct)
• 1/2" polished lump of mediocre hematite (10.6 ct)
• 1/4" smooth ball of good quality adventurine (1.8 ct)
• 9/16" spindle of serpentine (3.4 ct)

$50

• 1/8" (tiny!) cube of poor quality aquamarine. (0.7 ct)
• 1 1/16" spindle of good quality agate (8.4 ct)
• 3/4" smooth polished oval dome of poor quality chalcedony (9.6 ct)
• 5/16" octohedron of very good quality magnetite (2 ct)
• 1/4" good quality pink coral bead (1.8 ct)
• 1/4" irregularly shaped fresh water pearl (0.7 ct)
• 3/16" average quality diamond (0.3 ct)

$100:

• 3/4" spindle of good quality jet (4.4 ct)
• 1/4" average quality diamond (0.6 ct)
• 1/4" poor quality ruby (1.1 ct)
• 3/8" good quality malachite in an emerald cut (3.3 ct)
• 7/16" good quality jade in a low cabochon oval (2.5 ct)
• 7/8" good quality amber spindle (2 ct)
• 13/16" spindle of average quality sard (3.9 ct)
• 9/16" very poor quality beryl rupee (2.5 ct)

$250:

• 1/8" very good quality saltwater pearl (unusual color, such as black or gold) (0.2 ct)
• 7/8" spindle of very good quality amber (1.9 ct)
• 3/16" very good quality diamond (0.3 ct)
• 1/4" water opal en cabochon (0.5 ct)
• 5/16" average quality emerald (1.1 ct)
• 13/16" good quality iolite spindle (3.5 ct)
• 9/16" average quality turqupoise en cabochon (11.9 ct)

$500:

• 5/8" average cats eye en cabochon (14.7 ct)
• 1/4" fire opal en cabochon (0.5 ct)
• 11/16" average quality peridot in an emerald cut (15.8 ct)
• 3/4" average quality amethyst in an emerald cut (15.8 ct)
• 1/2" poor quality cube of bloodstone (31.1 ct)
• 3/8" very good moonstone en cabochon (3.3 ct)
• 1 1/4" very good quality spindle of adventurine (13.6)

$750:

• 1/4" average quality saltwater pearl (1.8 ct)
• 1/2" good quality red coral bead (14.2 ct)
• 5/16" good quality ruby (1.6 ct)
• 3/8" good quality emerald (1.9 ct)
• 3/8" very good quality emerald rupee (1.1 ct)
• 13/16" very good quality iolite spindle (4.2 ct)
• 3/8" average quality topaz octohedron (3 ct)
• 3/8" table cut average quality sapphire (3.0 ct)

$1 000:

• 3/8" good quality ruby (2.3 ct)
• 1/2" average quality emerald (3.7 ct)
• 3/8" good quality diamond (2.1 ct)
• 3/8" very good quality ruby rupee (1.1 ct)
• 1/2" very good quality peridot (6.4 ct)
• 1" average quality lapis lazuli emerald cut (37.2)

$2 500:

• 7/16" good quality sapphire (4.3 ct)
• 3/8" very good quality diamond (2.1 ct)
• 7/8" good quality moonstone en cabochon (38.7 ct)
• 1 1/8" good quality lapis lazuli en cabochon (46.3 ct)
• 7/16 good quality ruby en cabochon (4.3 ct)
• 11/16" poor quality emerald (10.1 ct)

$5 000:

• 1/2" very good quality cube of bloodstone (31.1 ct)
• 13/16" perfect sphere of flawless quartz (61.4 ct)
• 1" very good red coral en cabochon oval (46.3 ct)
• 1/2" good quality sapphire emerald cut (6.7 ct)
• 1/2" good quality diamond (6.2 ct)
• 7/16" very good quality ruby (3.7 ct)

$10 000:

• 9/16" good quality ruby (10.1 ct)
• 1/2" monster-sized average quality pearl (15 ct)
• 11/16" good quality emerald (10.1)
• 1/2" very good quality diamond (5.3 ct)

By the by: that pound of obsidian rupees is 333 rupees, or $8 325. And now you know!