Mineral

Minerals are precious stone items often usable as an ingredient for professions. Unlike cut gems, minerals must be crafted into another item to gain any sort of bonus. The majority of minerals are found via Mining or Prospecting. Most minerals also have a small world-drop rate from mobs, and can be found in chests and lockboxes. minerals can be mined off of some Outland mobs, in a similar fashion to skinning for leathers.

See also

• Pearl, which are not precious stones, but are put to use in much the same way.
• Gem, for socketable gems created by jewelers

Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor Minerals

Minerals present in the original World of Warcraft, and generally restricted to zones below level 60.

Mineral	Source
[Malachite]	Copper Veins
[Tigerseye]	Copper Veins
[Shadowgem]	Copper Veins & Tin Veins
[Lesser Moonstone]	Tin Veins
[Moss Agate]	Tin Veins
[Jade]	Iron Deposits & Tin Veins
[Citrine]	Iron Deposits & Mithril Deposits
[Aquamarine]	Mithril Deposits
[Star Ruby]	Mithril Deposits
[Large Opal]	Thorium Veins
[Blue Sapphire]	Thorium Veins
[Huge Emerald]	Thorium Veins
[Azerothian Diamond]	Thorium Veins
[Arcane Crystal]	Thorium Veins
[Black Diamond]	Dark Iron Deposits
[Black Vitriol]	Dark Iron Deposits & Mithril Deposits
[Blood of the Mountain]	Dark Iron Deposits & Molten Destroyer
[Pristine Black Diamond]	Drop
[Souldarite]	Hakkari Thorium Veins in Zul'Gurub

Outland Minerals

Mineral	Source	Color
Blood Garnet	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Red
[Flame Spessarite]	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Orange
[Golden Draenite]	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Yellow
[Deep Peridot]	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Green
[Azure Moonstone]	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Blue
[Shadow Draenite]	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Purple
Living Ruby	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Red
Noble Topaz	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Orange
Dawnstone	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Yellow
Talasite	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Green
Star of Elune	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Blue
Nightseye	Mining / Drop / Pickpocket	Purple
Crimson Spinel	Drop / Vendor	Red
Pyrestone	Drop / Vendor	Orange
Lionseye	Drop / Vendor	Yellow
Seaspray Emerald	Drop / Vendor	Green
Empyrean Sapphire	Drop / Vendor	Blue
Shadowsong Amethyst	Drop / Vendor	Purple

Northrend Minerals

Mineral	Source	Color
[Bloodstone]	Mining / Prospecting	Red
Chalcedony	Mining / Prospecting	Blue
Sun Crystal	Mining / Prospecting	Yellow
Dark Jade	Mining / Prospecting	Green
[Huge Citrine]	Mining / Prospecting	Orange
Shadow Crystal	Mining / Prospecting	Purple
Scarlet Ruby	Mining / Prospecting	Red
[Sky Sapphire]	Mining / Prospecting	Blue
Autumn's Glow	Mining / Prospecting	Yellow
Forest Emerald	Mining / Prospecting	Green
[Monarch Topaz]	Mining / Prospecting	Orange
[Twilight Opal]	Mining / Prospecting	Purple
Cardinal Ruby	Crafted / Drop / Prospecting / PvP / Vendor	Red
Majestic Zircon	Crafted / Drop / Prospecting / PvP / Vendor	Blue
King's Amber	Crafted / Drop / Prospecting / PvP / Vendor	Yellow
Eye of Zul	Crafted / Drop / Prospecting / PvP / Vendor	Green
Ametrine	Crafted / Drop / Prospecting / PvP / Vendor	Orange
Dreadstone	Crafted / Drop / Prospecting / PvP / Vendor	Purple
REDIRECT Dragon's Eye	Crafted / Vendor	Color depends on specific cut

Patch changes

Patch 1.3.0 (patch date:2005-03-07): Drop rates of gems have been increased at lower levels and decreased at higher levels. 

External links

WoW Gem Looking for that socketable gem? Look no further!

WoW Gem Finder The Jewelcrafting Search Engine for World of Warcraft Socket Gems