Gem collecting

Gem collecting

All gems in all cuts of the base game.

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.

Raw

Gemstones are found in the rough, around neighborhoods and on adventures.

Image	Gem	Rarity	Value	EP	Where?
	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	§150-350		Base neighborhood
	Rainbow Gem	Extraordinarily Unusual	§450-700		Base neighborhood
	Pink Diamond	Extraordinarily Unusual	§1200-1650		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
	Soulpeace	Extraordinarily Unusual	§1450-2100		Base neighborhood
	Fluorite	Rare	§300-500		Sculptor's Workbench
	Smithsonite	Uncommon	§31-71		Base neighborhood
	Vampire's Eye	Rare	§220-375		Base neighborhood
	Sunstone		§428		Base neighborhood
	Moonstone		§656		Base neighborhood
	Bloodstone		§82		Base neighborhood

Tiberium

Tiberium growing.

Tiberium is an extraordinarily rare and potentially very valuable gem. 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 (§6500)
• Heart-Shaped Cut (§1000)

No matter what the cut is, Tiberium will grow into a Large Spire Cut within a day, giving it a value of around §40,000 or higher in some cases.

Cuts

Skull cut gems.

Gems may be sent to the gem-cutter and cut into the following cuts. Starting with the emerald cut, and Sims gain cuts by cutting 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.

Image	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
	Plumbbob	§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	—	Collect 10 different types of gems.
	Polished Split	§45	240%	§32	§32-367	Geode & Septarian Nodules only
	Spire	§6500	6900%			Tiberium only
	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				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.

Note:

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.