Generations of Gemstones I

At current market prices, here are some of the cheaper crafts that count toward this achievement. Prices will fluctuate, so these may not always be the cheapest.

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• Dense Stone Statue - Dense Stone (10)
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• Rough Stone Statue - Rough Stone (8)
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• Solid Stone Statue - Solid Stone (10)
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• [spell=355187] - Porous Stone (5)
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• Any Tiger Opal gem
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• Any Roguestone gem
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• Any Pandarian Garnet gem
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• Any Sunstone gem
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• Thorium Setting
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• Straddling Viridium
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• [spell=256689]
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• [spell=256692]
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• Natant Rubellite
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• Quick Golden Beryl
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• [spell=256690]
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• [spell=195848]
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• [spell=195849]
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Achievement ranks:

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• Generations of Gemstones I (100 crafts)
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• Generations of Gemstones II (500)
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• Generations of Gemstones III (1000)
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• Generations of Gemstones IV (2000)
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Crafting [item=112384] is a very cheap way to get this achievement. Actually you can look at earning a few gold - the only downside is they don't stack, and it takes a while to craft each.

I bought a lot of Sorcerous Fire for only 20 silver each, and the Prism sells for 25 silver :-) so 100g profit if crafting 2000 of these.

Basic gem cutting is a straight forward thing: You need exactly one thing to craft exactly one other thing.

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2. Open Auction House
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4. Go to "Trade Goods" -> "Jewelcrafting"
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6. Sort by "Price" ascending
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8. Buy Cheapest, but bear in mind that
   
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   2. You need to pick something that can be cut to a gem and
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   4. You are aquiring large amounts, so whatever is the cheapest gem may shift with your buy.
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This is just how I approached this, my logic may be flawed.