I have never really thought much about gemstones or minerals, which is weird considering one of my all-time favourite games is Minecraft, in which I spend a bulk of my time strip-mining. But Abyssal Lapidary has made me realise that there is so much more to the dirt than just coal.

In the demo for Abyssal Lapidary I got to begin my stint as a lapidarist, someone who cuts, shapes, grinds, and polishes minerals to make pretty gemstones. The only problem is, like I said before, I don't really know stones.

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Abyssal Lapidary doesn't exactly drop you in the deep end but it does expect you to pick up with the art of making and selling gemstones rather quickly.…