Our people love and admire fine gemstones and minerals more than most civilizations of the Realmx, and have for generations. The caverns Glittering Caves (Rilya Unqu) near Mirin provide much of the specimens currently found on the markets in this day and age, but Lannuvari treasures of old have gems from unknown sources, beyond that mining centre.
Specialist enchanters can expend great energy to store magicks inside pure gemstones, a practice that almost certainly dates back to ancient Lannuvari culture as our Faction has tremendously more skill in this than any of the other peoples of Karitha. Some powerful and astonishing gemstone talismans were discovered in the Lost Pages collection, far surpassing current artisanship and known enchantment techniques. Research continues by scholars at the 
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