[WoW] Prospecting and rare gems

[Bmandk]

I recently finished prospecting a whole lot of GIO, and noticed something about the rare gems. After prospecting 161 stacks of GIO, I got:

• 152 Tiger Opal
• 143 Alexandrite
• 170 Roguestone
• 148 Sunstone
• 145 Lapis Lazuli
• 144 Pandarian Garnet

Those are the common gems, and there's not a lot of variation, only 18,9% deviation between Alexandrite and Roguestone, which is okay with this sample size. Then I looked at the rare gems:

• 15 Vermilion Onyx
• 29 Wild Jade
• 27 Imperial Amethyst
• 28 Sun's Radiance
• 29 River's Heart
• 34 Primordial Ruby

Now, there are almost no Vemilion Onyx. The difference between those and Primordial Ruby is 126,66%! That's a lot. Even with the lowest, Imperial Amethyst, we're still at 80%, which is still too much. Something I've also noticed about Vermilion Onyx, is that it is the most expensive gem, usually at around 50-60 gold, and the others around 30-35 gold. I'm not sure if the price has to do with the quantity in circulation, the droprate has to do with the quantity circling or both. If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be great.

 

[brainAbuddy]

I recently finished prospecting a whole lot of GIO, and noticed something about the rare gems. After prospecting 161 stacks of GIO, I got:

• 152 Tiger Opal
• 143 Alexandrite
• 170 Roguestone
• 148 Sunstone
• 145 Lapis Lazuli
• 144 Pandarian Garnet

Those are the common gems, and there's not a lot of variation, only 18,9% deviation between Alexandrite and Roguestone, which is okay with this sample size. Then I looked at the rare gems:

• 15 Vermilion Onyx
• 29 Wild Jade
• 27 Imperial Amethyst
• 28 Sun's Radiance
• 29 River's Heart
• 34 Primordial Ruby

Now, there are almost no Vemilion Onyx. The difference between those and Primordial Ruby is 126,66%! That's a lot. Even with the lowest, Imperial Amethyst, we're still at 80%, which is still too much. Something I've also noticed about Vermilion Onyx, is that it is the most expensive gem, usually at around 50-60 gold, and the others around 30-35 gold. I'm not sure if the price has to do with the quantity in circulation, the droprate has to do with the quantity circling or both. If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be great.

hey buddy
it's nice to see people that do things like this and post this.

I always use wowhead.com to get the information I need.
whiptail was around the 15-20G on me server and now it's around the 30-40G per stack! this is because there isn't a ton of competition. If you lvl a none-gathering profession and buy everything from the AH you will see some mats that are around the 40G EA !!!