User blog:Disgustedorite/A Gem has four names.

This is sort of a headcanon, sort of an observation of canon. Just a little thing I wanted to write.

A Gem has four names. Her gemstona name, her facet name, her cut name, and her nickname.

The gemstone name indicates what the Gem's actual physical gemstone is. This requires no explanation.

The facet name indicates what era and facet she was born in. Era 1 facet names start with 1F, while era 2 facet names start with 2F. Sometimes, in groups where the era of birth doesn't matter, the era number is dropped; for example, all the Amethysts born in the Prime Kindergarten have the full facet name of 1F5, but just go by facet 5. The number of the facet itself can have more than one digit.

The cut name indicates where in the kindergerten a Gem was born. This usually has 3 digits. An example is 8XM. This indicates that the Gem by this name was born in the 8th column of the X wall, on the 13th row from the top (M is the 13th letter in the alphabet). Another example is 4ND, born in the 4th collumn of the N wall, on the 4th row from the top (D is the 4th letter in the alphabet). The cut is more or less the Gem's given name, though notably Gems born in the Beta Kindergarten may lack this due to their discorganized emergence.

The nickname is an optional name that many Gems have, often to distinguish between them in cases where the cut is not known or hard to pronounce. Not all Gems have nicknames, and sometimes the nickname is derived from the gemstone name or even an alternative name for the stone.

The proper way to refer to a Gem's full name is as follows: Gemstone, facet ### cut ### "nickname"

Canon/semi-canon examples:

Ruby, facet 1F4 cut 4ND "Eyeball"

Amethyst, facet 1F5 cut 8XJ "J"

Peridot, facet 2F5L cut 5XG "Peri"

My own fanon examples:

Peridot, facet 2F8C cut 8RT "Doot"

Peridot, facet 2F4Q cut 4UV "Olive Stone"