Good times. I mainly horded them in the first act DKS, but I did scour the countryside looking for them. as far as the reload thing I always made it an option, though only used it once, all other times I ended up with 1-2 gems. There were several I received from quests, merchants and so on.

Honestly though my experience in FOV has made what I did to receive Malachite gems in DKS like a joke, they seem to be popping up everywhere..same as skill books..way to many skill points to play with atm, 95 and counting, at level 43 currently(not including the 5 free Dragonknight skills, or Dragon skills) rolleyes