I have no idea if this is the right place for this questions or not, but here goes:

According to GS's Twitter feed, a couple of people just found REAL GEMS...what in the world does that mean?

Am I right in remembering these players actually receive an actual real gemstone from Simu through the mail?

From what I remember the description of the gem in the game is a description of the gem they send you. So you don't find a regular gem that looks normal, you'd find something like 'a bezel-cut lemon yellow citrine' and when you pick it up it sends out an announcement to that effect...

There was a bunch of them hidden for the big switch to gs4. I still occasionally poke around for one that got missed :D

-Keleborrn like sparkly things.

The one I found, once upon a time was 'a garnet'. I still have it as an item IG, and interestingly it's probably the most expensive garnet I've ever seen, appraising for like 3k.

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