Gem Collecting

Gem collecting is a activity your sims can take part in, in The Sims 3. Whilst out and about in the neighbourhood, or during a vacation, your sims can pick uncut gems up and if desired can send them off to be cut. Once the sim has picked the uncut gem up, a pop up box will appear, telling you what your sim has found.

Base Game Gems

 * 1) Blue Topaz
 * 2) Diamond
 * 3) Emerald
 * 4) Luminous Gem
 * 5) Pink Diamond
 * 6) Rainbow Gem
 * 7) Ruby
 * 8) Smokey Quartz
 * 9) Tanzanite
 * 10) Yellow Sapphire

World Adventures Gems

 * 1) Alabaster
 * 2) Amethyst
 * 3) Citrine
 * 4) Geode
 * 5) Jade
 * 6) Lapis Lazuli
 * 7) Opal
 * 8) Quartz
 * 9) Septarian Nodule
 * 10) Soulpeace
 * 11) Tiberium
 * 12) Turquoise

(A note on Tiberium. After the uncut gem has been kept in your sim's inventory for some time, the sim will become ill. By removing the gem from your sim's inventory your sim will recover and by placing the gem on a display stand the ore will transform into a Large Spire Cut.)

Gem Cuts
To cut a gem, select it from your sims inventory. To begin with, you will only have the Emerald cut option, the list below explains the cuts and when they are available.