What kind of gem

  • gastroglizzy@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Several item descriptions imply the star pieces are shards of gems from staryu and starmie. The reason the blue one is so valuable is because shiny ones have a blue gem.

    Bulbapedia refers to Staryu’s gems as resembling rubies and sapphires. But there are about 30-40 different red gemstones and about 30-40 different blue ones, so it could be any of those. My head canon is that the blue ones are aquamarine.

    But, Staryu and Starmie are also implied to be made of literal stars from space. Cosmic and psychic qualities are commonly attributed to them. The gem could just as easily be extraterrestrial.

    • KanadrAllegria@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Did you know Ruby and Sapphire are actually the same gem, just with different colors?

      🌠

      Not important to the discussion, just a cool fact.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      Thanks, that was extremely thorough and ackshually kind mind-blowing. How did i not remember Starmie’s giant gem center thing