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I think me and Belt of Deltora already had this conversation, and I believe we came to the conclusion that we should use upper-case, not lower-case, for the gems. I think the reason was that everytime the territories of the gems were mentioned in the books, they were upper-case, and in the supplementary book Secrets of Deltora every mention of the gems are upper-case, whether it's in relation to a gem's territory, a mentioning of a dragon species or the mentioning of the gems themselves. I think we decided from this that it would be most practical and easy to just have all the mentions of the gems be upper-case.

Examples:

"He and his brothers come from the territory of the Opal," Lief said, using words he felt would be understood. - The Sister of the South

brings luck: has special affinity with the Opal - Secrets of Deltora