Abyssal Shatter

BLIZZARD HAS CHANGED THE PROC-RATING ON THIS, SO THESE CALCULATIONS ARE OLD! (Now gives infinite dust more often)

The previous post was deleted, because my math was wrong.
I did a new testing, this time with 106 Abyss Crystals.

I received a total of;
287 Infinite dust
209 Greater cosmic essence

Of 106 shatters, i received dust 31 times. This means that you will get Infinite dust 32.86% of the time you shatter an Abyss crystal.
And of course, you will get Greater cosmic essence the rest of the time. (67.14% of the time)

This means, from an Abyssal shatter you will average get;
9.25 Infinite dust
OR
2.78 Greater cosmic essence.

The lowest amount of Infinite dust i received from one shatter was, 7 - the highest 19 (I would like to note, there is ALOT of times you will only get 7-8-9 dust's)
The lowest amount of Greater cosmic essence i received from one shatter was, 2 - The highest 6

Also, remember RNG. This was my testing, don't take it too serious.

For a Blood Elf, this is an excellent way to level Enchanting to 450+. Because of the racial +10 bonus to Enchanting, a Blood Elf is considered to have a level 10 points higher for the purpose of learning new recipies.

However, when it comes time to use those recipes, the Blood Elf's skill is regarded as a normal level, without the bonus.

This means that a Blood Elf effectively learns recipes "10 points early". Not only that, but it also means that recipes change color 10 points later.

Long story short, for a Blood Elf, this recipe stays orange all the way through 455, making it the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to grab those final skill points.

Since the new year I've started shattering Abyss Crystals as their price has dropped to an average 35g while Greater Cosmic Essences and Infinite Dust are 17.9 and 1.9g each respectively (Azuremyst-EU). Since the rate of Infinite Dust and Greater Cosmic Essences has changed since the previous figures on here was recorded (in favour of Infinite Dust) I've been recording all the results of my shatters and I intend to update the results on here as they change.

From 391 Abyss Crystals (14/Jan/10 - 06/Apr/10) I received:

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• 1787 x Infinite Dust
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• 761 x Greater Cosmic Essences
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Therfore on average for each Abyssal Shatter I have received:

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• 4.57 x Infinite Dust
  and
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• 1.95 x Greater Cosmic Essences
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= 4.57 * 1.9g + 1.95 * 17.9g = 43.52g worth of materials.

Hence by subtracting the original 35g spent on the Abyss (usually less) I am currently gaining atleast 8.52g in material value for each Abyss Crystal I shatter. That's close over 3K saved since I started (based on the lower profits at the start).

For everyone else since the hotfix Abyssal Shatter becomes profitable (empirically) when:
[Abyss Crystal Price] < 4.57 * [Infinite Dust Price] + 1.95 * [Greater Cosmic Essence Price]

I will try and update this as I have more numbers but bear in mind these are just my results and will never be perfect.