Still a work in progress.
| aasimon’s skin | see Angelar’s skin. | ||
| abalone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| agni mani | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | a black, irregularly shaped, glass-like stone; falls from the sky in meteoritic form; unlike many other gems, it’s not mined and thus could be found anywhere. |
| alabaster | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | a white, finely textured, brittle form of gypsum; often used ornamentally in the interior architecture of buildings, sometimes carved into decorative but fragile vessels such as vases and jars. |
| alestone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | named for its color — brown to yellow, the color of old ales; it’s crystalline and is frequently cut into faceted forms; more properly called clinozoisite, but the colloquial name has stuck. |
| alexandrite | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | A transparent greenish form of chrysoberyl, which flashes reddish under any non-natural light; often cut into faceted form and mounted in pendants and earrings. Volo says 100 gp; FRCS bumps it to 500. |
| algae | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | a form of quartz which features wavy brown patterns; it is typically sliced and used for inlays, or cabochon cut and polished to bring out the patterns. |
| amaratha | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | soft, pale green or green-white, sparkling jewel; most often found in the Underdark or in exposed canyon walls; it’s unique to the Realms, and also called shieldstone. |
| amber | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | fossilized resin, golden or orange in color; it’s soft and brittle, so it’s usually tumbled smooth and cut cabochon; some amber contains fossilized plants or insects, and such stones are valued more highly than “empty” amber; some northern barbarians use amber as currency. Only occasionally used in carving. |
| amethyst | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | the most valuable form of quartz; one of the Nine Secrets; ranges in hue from lilac to a rich deep purple, with the darker hues being more highly valued; the darkest color is sometimes called crown of kings. |
| Shou Lung amethyst | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| andalusite | see andar. | ||
| andar | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | small, translucent, hard, durable crystals which flash green-red or brown-red when properly faceted; also called andalusite. |
| Angelar’s skin | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | a fine pink coral found in shallow tropical waters, on isolated reefs and atolls; it’s delicate and easily shattered, until properly treated; also called aasimon’s skin. |
| aquamarine | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | hard, transparent, blue-green form of beryl found in the northern reaches of Faerûn |
| archon | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | low-grade fluorspar; soft, purple-and-white, and readily carved; also called blue john. |
| augelite | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | soft, fragile, transparent, colorless crystals; easily worked without special tools or skills, but not very durable. |
| aventurine | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | quartz with many mica inclusions giving it a spangled appearance when viewed from certain angles; commonly golden, medium to light green, or dark to pale blue; also called love stone. |
| azurite | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | a somewhat rarer form of malachite, deep blue with darker blue mottling. |
| banded agate | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | An opaque, waxy form of quartz with striated bands of blue, brown, red, or white. Often used for “soothe stones” that merchants and other folk handle to relieve tensions. |
| beljuril | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | Smooth, roughly spherical stones, translucent and deep seawater green in color; famous for their periodic sparkling light displays. |
| beryl | Varieties include aquamarine and emerald. Lower-value varieties are often used for carving. | ||
| black helmet | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| blackjack | see sphalerite. | ||
| black opal | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | A dark opal, greenish with black mottling and bits of gold. |
| black sapphire | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | A deep black sapphire with yellow or white highlights. Most of these gems come from the Deep Realm, through the Great Rift onto the surface of Faerûn. |
| bloodstone | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | A dark gray-green quartz with red impurities that resemble drops of blood. Most of the bloodstone in Faerûn comes from the Galena Mountains. |
| blue john | see archon. | ||
| blue quartz | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | A transparent, pale blue quartz. |
| bluestone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | see sodalite. |
| boakhar | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | A soft, fragile, translucent, red or orange crystal sometimes used in ornamental furniture inlays. |
| brandeen | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | Hard, red-brown to golden crystals popular among merchants and courtiers who can’t afford more expensive gemstones. |
| carnelian | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | A translucent, red to red-brown form of chalcedony. |
| chalcedony | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | Low-value varieties, often white but occasionally gray or black, are often used for carving. Higher-value varieties include carnelian, chrysocolla, chrysoprase, and various agates. Crown of silver is also a form of chalcedony. |
| chrysoberyl | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | A hard, transparent green stone; one of the Nine Secrets. Varieties include alexandrite. |
| chrysocolla | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | A translucent variety of chalcedony which has been colored blue-green to green by the inclusion of trace amounts of copper. |
| chrysoprase | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | A translucent apple-green form of chalcedony; one of the Nine Secrets. Found throughout the Realms, but highly concentrated in the Storm Horns; called stormrock in Cormyr. |
| citrine | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | A transparent yellowish quartz. |
| clelophane | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | A soft, fragile, transparent form of sphalerite; colorless, but flashes green. |
| clinozoisite | see alestone. | ||
| conch | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| coral | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | Pink and crimson varieties, including Angelar’s skin, are the most valuable. |
| corstal | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | hard, brittle, colorless to pink crystals; also called petalite. Commonly has inclusions; when free of these impurities it’s often cut into faceted forms, but otherwise it’s cut cabochon. |
| corundum | 3e campaign setting | 1000 gp base value | In fiery yellow or rich purple, these gems are less valuable than more recognizable varieties including jacinth, ruby, and sapphire. |
| crown of kings | The deepest (and most valuable) amethyst; so called because their use was once limited by various royal edicts. | ||
| crown of silver | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | the colloquial name for psilomelane chalcedony, a silver stone which contains many small inclusions of black manganese arranged in bands. |
| danburite | see irtios. | ||
| datchas | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | the common name for datolite. The most valuable variety is a pale yellow-green, which is cut into faceted forms; of lesser value are white, pink (see sugar stone), red, red-brown, and orange. |
| datolite | see datchas and sugar stone. | ||
| diamond | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | among the hardest and most valuable of gemstones. They can be found in mines scattered across northern Faerûn, and in active/dormant volcanic regions all over Toril; most such locations are far underground. Among the most common colors are clear (blue-white), rich blue, yellow, and pink. |
| diopside | see dioptase. | ||
| star diopside | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| dioptase | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | soft, brittle crystals of vivid emerald hue; also called diopside. |
| disthene | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| ditroite | see sodalite. | ||
| emerald | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | A vibrant green variety of beryl; translucent crystals are most highly valued, and sometimes called Shou Lung emeralds. |
| emerald | 3e campaign setting | 1000 gp base value | Opaque emeralds are considered a lower grade. |
| Shou Lung emerald | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | The largest, brightest, clearest, and most valuable emeralds. |
| epidote | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| eudase | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| eye agate | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | Similar to banded agate, but with concentric circles instead of striated bands. Colors include gray, white, brown, dusty blue, and drab green. |
| false topaz | see citrine. | ||
| fire agate | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | Translucent iridescent chalcedony, in red, brown, gold, and green. |
| fireflashil | see beljuril. | ||
| fire opal | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| flamedance | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| flamegem | see jacinth. | ||
| flame helmet | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| fluorspar | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | Varieties include archon. |
| freshwater pearl | 3e campaign setting | 10 gp base value | |
| frost agate | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | White frost-like markings make it possible to cut this stone into polyhedral forms with a “snowflake” at each vertex. |
| frost stone | see frost agate. | ||
| garnet | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | Violet garnets are most highly valued. |
| garnet | 3e campaign setting | 100 gp base value | Red or brown-green garnets are considered a lower grade. |
| goldline | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| gold sheen | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| greenstone | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | ; one of the Nine Secrets |
| gypsum | Varieties include alabaster. | ||
| hambergyle | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| heliodor | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| hematite | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | ; one of the Nine Secrets |
| hornbill ivory | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| horn coral | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| horned helmet | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| hyacinth | see jacinth. | ||
| hyaline | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| hydrophane | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| hypersthene | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| iol | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| iolite | 3e campaign setting | 50 gp base value | |
| iris agate | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | A massive, hardstone variety of agate often used in temples for its effect; when light shines through it many swirling colors vividly replace the usual white face. |
| irtios | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| ivory | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| jacinth | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | A fiery orange corundum; it’s unique to the Realms. |
| jade | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| jadeite | A low-value variety of jade often used for carving. | ||
| jargoon | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| jasmal | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| jasper | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | Low-value varieties are often used for carving. |
| jet | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | Only occasionally used in carving. |
| king’s tears | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | |
| kornerupine | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| kyanite | see disthene. | ||
| Laeral’s tears | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | ; one of the Nine Secrets |
| lapis lazuli | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| love stone | see aventurine. | ||
| lumachella | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| luriyl | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| luspeel | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| lynx eye | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| malachite | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | ; see also azurite. Only occasionally used in carving. |
| malachon | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| marble | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| meerschaum | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| mellochrysos | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| microcline | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| moonbar | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| moonstone | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | Only occasionally used in carving. |
| moss agate | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | A pink to yellow-white quartz containing gray-green manganese inclusions , which make it look like a white stone covered with moss. |
| mother-of-pearl | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| mykaro | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| mynteer | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| nacre | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| nautilus | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| nelvine | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| nephrite | A low-value variety of jade often used for carving. | ||
| Nine Secrets | see amethyst, chrysoberyl, chrysoprase, greenstone, hematite, Laeral’s tears, obsidian, onyx, sardonyx. | ||
| nune | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| obsidian | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | ; one of the Nine Secrets. Only occasionally used in carving. |
| octel | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| onyx | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | ; one of the Nine Secrets |
| oolite | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| opal | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | Only occasionally used in carving. |
| opal cowrie | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| ophealine | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| orbaline | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| orblen | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| orl | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| orprase | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| pearl | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | black pearl |
| pearl | 3e campaign setting | 100 gp base value | golden, pink, silver, or white |
| pearl cowrie | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| peridot | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | Volo says 500 gp; FRCS drops it to 50. |
| petalite | see corstal. | ||
| phenalope | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | see rhodonite. |
| pipestone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| psaedros | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| purple star cowrie | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| quartz | see algae, amethyst, aventurine, banded agate, bloodstone, blue quartz, citrine, moss agate, rose quartz, star rose quartz, smoky quartz. | ||
| rainbow obsidian | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| raindrop | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| ravenar | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| red helmet | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| red tears | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| rhodochrosite | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| rhodonite | Low-value varieties are often used for carving. | ||
| rock crystal | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | Low-value varieties are often used for carving. |
| rogue stone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | |
| rosaline | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| rose quartz | 3e campaign setting | 50 gp base value | Low-value varieties are often used for carving. |
| star rose quartz | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| ruby | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 5000 gp base value | A valuable form of corundum. |
| star ruby | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | Volo says 5000 gp; FRCS drops it to 1000. |
| rusteen | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| saganite | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| samarskite | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| sanidine | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| sapphire | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | A valuable form of corundum. |
| star sapphire | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | Volo says 5000 gp; FRCS drops it to 1000. |
| sarbossa | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| sard | see carnelian. | ||
| sardonyx | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | ; one of the Nine Secrets |
| sardonyx helmet | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| satin spar | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| scapra | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| serpentine | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| serpentine stone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | often used for carving. |
| shambos | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| shandon | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| sharpstone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| sheen | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| shieldstone | see amaratha. | ||
| silkstone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| sinhalite | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| skydrop | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| smoky quartz | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| snowflake obsidian | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| soapstone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| sphalerite | Varieties include clelophane. | ||
| sphene | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| spinel | 3e campaign setting | 100 gp base value | red, red-brown, or deep green |
| spinel | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | deep blue |
| spudomene | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| star metal | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| stibiotantalite | see brandeen. | ||
| stormrock | see chrysoprase. | ||
| sugar stone | a pink datolite; see also datchas. | ||
| sulabra | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| sunstone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| tabasheer | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| tchazar | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| tempskya | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| thuparlial | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| tiger cowrie | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| tiger eye agate | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | A golden agate with dark brown striping; often used for carving. |
| tomb jade | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| topaz | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 500 gp base value | |
| Shou Lung topaz | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| tourmaline | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | Low-value varieties are often used for carving. |
| tremair | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| trochus | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| turbo | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| turquoise | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | Only occasionally used in carving. |
| turritella | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| ulvaen | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| unio | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a shell | |
| variscite | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| violine | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| water opal | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| waterstar | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| webstone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| witherite | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value | |
| wonderstone | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| woodtine | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| wulfenite | see boakhar. | ||
| xylopal | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | a hardstone | |
| zarbrina | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 10 gp base value | |
| zendalure | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 1000 gp base value | |
| zincblende | see sphalerite. | ||
| ziose | Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 100 gp base value | |
| zircon | 3e campaign setting, Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical | 50 gp base value |