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[[Gems]] (and [[coal]]) are acquired when ore stones in a [[Mine]] are broken (by being used in 7 workloads). The size of the gem is random. There is some evidence to suggest that when more ore stones are broken in the same set and/or workload, the gem sizes on average tend to be larger; however, it's still perfectly possible to pull a Huge gem without exploiting this. Sand mines are thus valuable for gem mining, as it's easy to plan in such a way as to break 5+ nodes at once (assuming there are 5 different colors present in the field).

Below are some step-by-step guides for how to get the most gems per workload for various workload configurations.

For the basic mechanics of mining, please refer to the [[Guides/Mining|Mining Guide]].

= Workload Configurations =
* [[Sand Mining Abridged|Sand Mining Quick Reference]]
* [http://atitd.woogawoman.com/Sand_Mining.pdf Sand Mining Quick Ref (PDF)]

== Seven Colours ==

For a workload distribution of seven single colors, all stones can be crumbled all at once:

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
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[[File:GemMiningSevenColours.jpg|600px|left]]
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'''Sets'''

# A, B, C, D, E, F
# A, B, C, D, E, G
# A, B, C, D, F, G
# A, B, C, E, F, G
# A, B, D, E, F, G
# A, C, D, E, F, G
# B, C, D, E, F, G
# A, B, C, D, E, F, G ''Breaks all 7 stones''
|}

== Six Colors (One Pair) ==

For a workload distribution of 5 single colors, and then 1 pairs of colors, you can achieve the crumbling of all seven ore stones by following the pattern as laid out below:

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
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[[File:GemMiningB.jpg|600px|left]]
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'''Sets'''

# A-1, B, C, F
# A-1, D, E
# A-1, C, D, E
# A-1, B, F
# A-1, D, E, F
# A-1, B, C
# A-1, B, E, F ''This workload will crumble stone A-1''
# A-2, C, D
# A-2, D, E
# A-2, B, C, F
# A-2, C, F
# A-2, B, D, E
# A-2, B, E ''This workload will crumble stone B & E''
# A-2, C, D, F ''This workload will crumble the remaining stones''
|}

=== Six Colors (Alternate) ===

It is also possible to form a group of 6 that breaks all at once, if desired.

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
|
'''Sets'''

# A-1, B, C
# A-1, B, D
# A-1, B, E
# A-1, B, F
# A-1, C, D, F
# A-1, C, E, F
# A-1, D, E, F ''Breaks A-1''
# A-2, B, C
# A-2, B, F
# A-2, C, D
# A-2, C, D, E
# A-2, D, E
# A-2, E, F
# A-2, B, C, D, E, F ''Breaks the remaining 6''
|}

== Five Colors (Two Pairs, 3 Single) ==

For a workload distribution of 3 single colors, and then 2 pairs of colors, you can achieve the crumbling of all seven ore stones by following the pattern as laid out below:

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
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[[File:GemMiningA.jpg|600px|left]]
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'''Sets'''
# C, D, E
# C, A-1, B-1
# C, A-1, B-2
# C, A-2, B-1
# C, A-2, B-2
# D, A-1, B-1
# D, A-1, B-2
# D, A-2, B-1
# D, A-2, B-2
# E, A-1, B-1
# E, A-1, B-2
# E, A-2, B-1
# E, A-2, B-2
# A-1, B-1, C, D, E ''Breaks A-1 & B-1''
# A-2, B-2, C, D, E ''Breaks the remaining 5 stones''
|}

=== Five Colors - Alternate Method ===

Using the theory that gem size is tied to the number of stones broken in a single workload (as opposed to the number of total stones broken in a field), the above can be simplified to do a little less work and still get the big break that will be producing most of the big gems.

Refer to the above image.

First, choose one of the duplicate-colored stones to ignore completely. Here we'll choose B-2. Then pick one of the stones in the remaining pair (say, A-1) to be your starter stone. Make any valid 3-stone workload starting with your starter stone, and immediately follow that with the workload consisting of the remaining 3 stones. There are exactly 6 sets of these pairs of workloads. Do them all.

{| border=1
|-
| A-1, C, D || A-2, B-1, E
|-
| A-1, C, B-1 || A-2, D, E
|-
| A-1, C, E || A-2, D, B-1
|-
| A-1, D, B-1 || A-2, C, E
|-
| A-1, D, E || A-2, C, B-1
|-
| A-1, B-1, E || A-2, C, D
|}

And finally choose a 5-stone workload (either A-1 or A-2 in addition to B-1, C, D, and E).

The same process can be applied to 6- and 7-color fields. Make 6 sets of complementary pairs of workloads, and then one big one to break them all.

== Five Colors - (1 Triple, 4 Single) ==

A triple and five single colours allows us to break 5 stones, which can be done all at once.

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
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[[File:GemMiningF.jpg|600px|left]]
|
'''Sets'''

# A-1, B, C
# A-1, B, D
# A-1, B, E
# A-1, C, D
# A-1, C, E
# A-1, D, E
# A-2, B, C
# A-2, B, D
# A-2, B, E
# A-2, C, D
# A-2, C, E
# A-2, D, E
# A-1, B, C, D, E ''Breaks all these 5 stones''

Alternatively, you can replace the last step with these two steps, for more broken stones but fewer at the same time:

# A-1, A-2, A-3 ''Breaks A-1 and A-2''
# A-3, B, C, D, E ''Breaks B, C, D, and E''

Or you can replace steps 12 and 13 with these 3 steps for 6 total stones AND the 5-break:

# A-3, D, E
# A-1, A-2, A-3 ''Breaks A-1''
# A-2, B, C, D, E ''Breaks all these 5 stones''
|}

== Four Colors (Three Pairs) ==

With three pairs of colours all stones can be broken, in a group of 3 and a group of 4.

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
|
[[File:GemMiningD.jpg|600px|left]]
|
'''Sets'''
# A-1, B-1, C-1
# A-1, B-1, C-2
# A-1, B-2, C-1
# A-1, B-2, C-2
# A-1, B-2, C-1, D
# A-1, B-2, C-2, D
# A-2, B-1, C-1
# A-2, B-1, C-2
# A-2, B-1, C-1, D
# A-2, B-1, C-2, D
# A-2, B-2, C-1, D
# A-2, B-2, C-2, D
# A-2, B-2, C-1 ''This will break all 3 stones''
# A-1, B-1, C-2, D ''This will break all 4 stones''
|}

== Four Colors (Triple and Pair) ==

With a triple and a pair of colours it is possible to break 4 stones, which can be done all at once.

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
|
[[File:GemMiningC.jpg|600px|left]]
|
'''Sets'''

# A-1, A-2, A-3
# A-1, B-1, C
# A-1, B-1, D
# A-1, B-2, C
# A-1, B-2, D
# A-1, C, D
# A-2, B-1, C
# A-2, B-1, D
# A-2, C, D
# A-3, B-1, C
# A-3, B-1, D
# A-1, B-1, C, D ''Breaks these 4 stones''

|}

== Four Colors (Quadruple) ==

With a quadruple of a colour it is possible to break 6 stones, in two groups of 3.

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
|
[[File:GemMiningQuadruple.jpg|600px|left]]
|
'''Sets'''
# A-1, B, C
# A-1, B, D
# A-1, C, D
# A-2, B, C
# A-2, B, D
# A-2, C, D
# A-3, B, C
# A-3, B, D
# A-3, C, D
# A-4, B, C, D ''Breaks B, C, D''
# A-1, A-2, A-3
# A-1, A-2, A-4
# A-1, A-3, A-4
# A-2, A-3, A-4
# A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 ''Breaks A-1, A-2, A-3''
|}

== Three Colors (Triple and Two Pairs) ==

When we have a triple and two pairs of colours, no stone can be worked seven times. Just do a few workloads to speed up resetting the mine.

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
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[[File:GemMiningG.jpg|600px|left]]
|
'''Sets'''
None.
|}

== Three Colors (Quadruple and Pair) ==

When there is a quadruple and a pair of colours, only the single stone can be broken.

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
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[[File:GemMiningE.jpg|600px|left]]
|
'''Sets'''
# A-1, B-1, C
# A-1, B-2, C
# A-2, B-1, C
# A-2, B-2, C
# A-3, B-1, C
# A-3, B-2, C
# A-4, B-1, C

|}

== Three Colors (Quintuple) ==

When there is a quintuple, five stones can be broken.

{| style="background-color:#EFDFBD"
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[[File:GemMiningQuintuple.jpg|600px|left]]
|
'''Sets'''
# A-1, A-2, A-3
# A-1, A-2, A-4
# A-1, A-2, A-5
# A-1, A-3, A-4
# A-1, A-3, A-5
# A-1, A-4, A-5
# A-2, A-3, A-4
# A-2, A-3, A-5
# A-2, A-4, A-5
# A-3, A-4, A-5
# A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5 ''Breaks A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5''
|}

== Three Colors (Two Triple) ==

It's possible to break one stone.

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