Topic for conversation:
So, since in what we know (so far) to be canon, gems are grown from shattered gem fragments, right? So, what do your gems come from?
The two Emeralds I play/played came from other Emeralds, but beyond that other varieties of beryl. Aquamarine, Bixbite, Goshenite, Morganite, Golden Beryl/Heliodor.