Gemstone usually found in. For example, diamonds, which have a cubic crystal system, are often found as octahedrons. Gemstones are classified into different "groups", "species", and "varieties". For example, ruby is the red variety of the species corundum, while any other color of corundum is considered sapphire. Other examples are the emerald (green), aquamarine (blue), red beryl (red), goshenite (colorless), heliodor (yellow) and morganite (pink), which are all varieties of the mineral species beryl. Gems are characterized in terms of refractive index, dispersion, specific gravity, hardness, cleavage, fracture and luster. They may exhibit pleochroism or double refraction. They may have luminescence
GemStone IV number seven on their "Top 10 Online Game Picks", remarking, "It has depth, community, and racks up 500,000 hours of use a month. Someone must like this game." In May 2010, "GemStone IV - Shattered" was released by Simutronics. It allows unrestricted player-vs-player combat and has no policy against automated play. GemStone IV GemStone IV is a multiplayer text-based online role-playing video game (often known as a MUD) produced by Simutronics. Players control characters in a High Fantasy game world named "Elanthia". The first playable version of the game was known as "GemStone ][" and was launched in April 1988