What gems come from prospecting?

[Anaomity]

Anyone in beta can tell me what types of gems come from what types of Ore?

[mesonm]

I'm hoping this thread helps a bit...I haven't read it in a while...

http://beta.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=220032&sid=1

[Brenador]

I recently skilled Jewelcrafting to above 300 in beta an prospected loads of ore while doing so :).


Copper
470 ores prospected:
- 94 Dust (you will always receive that) a stack of 20 sells for 10 silver
- 50 Tigerseye
- 44 Malachite
- 10 Shadowgem

Tin
140 ore prospected
- 28 Dust (you will always receive that) a stack of 20 sells for 25 silver
- 16 Shadow Gem
- 14 Lesser Moonstone
- 6 Moss Agate
- 2 Jade

Iron
170 ore prospected
- 34 Dust (you will always receive that) a stack of 20 sells for 80 silver
- 11 Citrine
- 11 Jade
- 1 Lesser Moonstone

Mithril
180 ore prospected
- 32 Dust (you will always receive that) a stack of 20 sells for 1 gold
- 16 Citrine
- 14 Aquamarine
- 12 Star Ruby
- 1 Huge Emerald
- 1 Blue Sapphire

Thorium
2910 ore prospected
- 582 Dust (you will always receive that) a stack of 20 sells for 1 gold 60 silver
- 208 Star Ruby
- 101 Large Opals
- 91 Azerothian Diamond
- 90 Huge Emerald
- 84 Blue Sapphire

- 17 Flame Spessarite
- 10 Deep Spessarite
- 10 Blood Garnet
- 6 Shadow Dreanite
- 6 Golden Dreanite
- 5 Azure Moonstone

I hope this helps a bit :)

[Loriel]

That was indeed very useful, thanks :)

[Brenador]

To give some guesswork on the above numbers you could assume:

1) For each prospecting of any kind of ore you will get roughly 1 gem
2) The chance to get an outland gem from prospecting Thorium is roughly 10%

[wonkey]

I assume prospecting destroys the ore.

[Grimmhjort]

You assume correctly. The ore is destroyed.

[Leonavice]

Does prospecting raise jewelcrafting skill? Like Disenchanting?

[Vangelis]

only for so many levels then it stops

Brenador i did some quick calculations based on your figures to work out the drop rates from prospecting

Copper
470 ores prospected:
- 94 Dust (100% Droprate) a stack of 20 sells for 10 silver
- 50 Tigerseye (53% Droprate)
- 44 Malachite (47% Droprate)
- 10 Shadowgem (11% Droprate)

Tin
140 ore prospected
- 28 Dust (100% Droprate) a stack of 20 sells for 25 silver
- 16 Shadow Gem (57% Droprate)
- 14 Lesser Moonstone (50% Droprate)
- 6 Moss Agate (21% Droprate)
- 2 Jade (7% Droprate)

Iron
170 ore prospected
- 34 Dust (100% Droprate) a stack of 20 sells for 80 silver
- 11 Citrine(32% Droprate)
- 11 Jade(32% Droprate)
- 1 Lesser Moonstone(1% Droprate)

*(suspect the droprate is higher on jade could do with a larger sample group)*

Mithril
180 ore prospected
- 32 Dust (100% Droprate) a stack of 20 sells for 1 gold
- 16 Citrine(50% Droprate)
- 14 Aquamarine(44% Droprate)
- 12 Star Ruby(38% Droprate)
- 1 Huge Emerald(3% Droprate)
- 1 Blue Sapphire(3% Droprate)

Thorium
2910 ore prospected
- 582 Dust (100% Droprate) a stack of 20 sells for 1 gold 60 silver
- 208 Star Ruby(36% Droprate)
- 101 Large Opals(17% Droprate)
- 91 Azerothian Diamond(16% Droprate)
- 90 Huge Emerald(15% Droprate)
- 84 Blue Sapphire (14% Droprate)

- 17 Flame Spessarite(2.92% Droprate)
- 10 Deep Spessarite(1.72% Droprate)
- 10 Blood Garnet(1.72% Droprate)
- 6 Shadow Dreanite(1.03% Droprate)
- 6 Golden Dreanite(1.03% Droprate)
- 5 Azure Moonstone(0.92% Droprate)

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these figures sound about right to be honest with what i would expect of this skill

[Leonavice]

BTW, I believe you should factor in chances that when you prospect, only the dust comes out. In other words, you get nothing out of prospecting.