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* Remove Gems
That does not rule out the use of gems use in other things. Bashiok alluded to other gem purposes, in a forum post in August 2010.<ref name="blue 24 august 2010">[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-info-on-level-14-gems/ Blizzard Post - 24 August 2010]</ref>
<blue>They have a good chance of being used in other ways aside from simply being socketed, something that would siphon them out of the economy. Maybe crafting. We like them remaining as something you have to visit the Jeweler artisan to combine. We don’t want it to be annoying or take a lot of time though. We also don’t anticipate someone visiting one with 19,000 gems looking to upgrade all the way to level 14.</blue>
==Gem Bonuses==
As of patch 7 of the Diablo 3 beta the following properties could be applied to items by socketing gems
* Vitality
* Defense
* Life
* Precision
* Gold
* Magic Find
* Increased experience
[[File:Gem-emerald-l3.jpg|frame|L3 Emerald bonuses.]]