No Epic Gems from Pyrite?

[furywarrior]

"Epic gems will drop in the new raid in Normal and Heroic only. Each player gets a geode when a boss is killed which has a small chance to contain an epic gem, most will have rare gems. It is rare enough to take all of 4.3 to replace all of your red rare quality gems with red epic gems."

Taken from MMO-Champion, interview with Ghostcrawler.

Does that means we won't get epic gems from prospecting Pyrite?!

=/

 

[Bioern]

Ye but Epics will be so rare that it wont affect Pyrite prices very much

 

[fasteddie78]

Expect Pyrite prices to plummet in the next few days/weeks as everyone and their mother stockpiled them. People will be trying to recoup some of their investment asap, now that pyrite will not be used for epic gems.

 

[vanzes]

oh shit( i have 30k of pyrite ore in my stocks. damn gostcrowler!

 

[Bayoya]

so there is no chance to get an epic gem from prospecting anymore?

 

[fasteddie78]

so there is no chance to get an epic gem from prospecting anymore?

I wouldn't say "no" chance, but after looking at the available information, I would say that its extremely unlikely.