the hardness scale being referred to is called "Mohs Hardness Scale" its an index on how easily a gem can get scratched, I use this mass list for referrencing a gemstones hardness -> gemsociety.org
Common Gems are anything ranking 5 or below. ex; Howlite ranks between a 3 - 3.5
When gemstones are on the line, like a 5 - 6 ranked gemstone, I'd say to take the mid, 5.5, and use that to rank it. So it would be an uncommon gem ranked at 5.5 although Im not going to be aggressive on monitoring if you used the lower number to get a gemstone you really liked with a lower myo slot ex; Turquoise ranks between 5 - 6 but if you have a myo ticket of common and still wanted to use Turquoise, then you can count it as 5
Uncommon Gems are ranked 6-8 Rare Gems are ranked 9-10 there is no legendary gems as I thought it wouldnt be fair
Question, whats considered rare or common gemstones and is it based on hardness?
i don't want to accidentally use the wrong gemstone while making my design (common myo)
1 year, 3 months ago
the hardness scale being referred to is called "Mohs Hardness Scale"
its an index on how easily a gem can get scratched, I use this mass list for referrencing a gemstones hardness -> gemsociety.org
Common Gems are anything ranking 5 or below.
ex; Howlite ranks between a 3 - 3.5
When gemstones are on the line, like a 5 - 6 ranked gemstone, I'd say to take the mid, 5.5, and use that to rank it. So it would be an uncommon gem ranked at 5.5
although Im not going to be aggressive on monitoring if you used the lower number to get a gemstone you really liked with a lower myo slot
ex; Turquoise ranks between 5 - 6 but if you have a myo ticket of common and still wanted to use Turquoise, then you can count it as 5
Uncommon Gems are ranked 6-8
Rare Gems are ranked 9-10
there is no legendary gems as I thought it wouldnt be fair
1 year, 3 months ago Edited 6:57 am