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Peridot comparing herself to the peridotite in the Earth's mantle implies that they are. And while Lapis Lazuli indeed dissolves in water, keep in mind that they are "magic."
Edit: Why would they know what they are if they are not supposed to exist? Gems are programmed with knowledge; fusions, presumably, are not.
edited 28th Aug '16 3:14:40 PM by SilentColossus
No, these names are arbitrary, everyone just uses the same ones because it's convenient for the audience and writers even if it doesn't make sense. Hence why I brought up the MST3K Mantra.
It makes sense for regular gems to be named after the material they're made from—or the alien equivalent in Pearl's case—but that doesn't make sense for fusions.
For starters, rubies and sapphire are forms of aluminum-oxide, but garnets are a group of silicates.
edited 28th Aug '16 3:39:50 PM by thatother1dude
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Probably closer to shock troops. They're still common, and are not aristocratic.
edited 28th Aug '16 3:38:39 PM by SilentColossus
It's not about where gems names are based off. It's what fusions names are. There's no evidence of fusions names coming from their actual makeup, or of it being innate knowledge (because it's not innate knowledge. Garnet and Stevonnie demonstrate this.).
The only evidence the show shows us for how they got their names is that they didn't know who they were, and then they come up with a name later. Because unlike gems born in a kindergarten fusions have the freedom to decide their own identity (which is probably theming).
I don't really see how that's a problem?
edited 28th Aug '16 3:57:14 PM by xanderiskander

Occam's Razor says that if Gems are literally the Gemstone they are named after, then so are fusions. There is no reason to assume they're just making it up.