Jewelcrafting is the new profession added in the expansion, it lets you craft rings, amulets, and most importantly; socketable gems. Mining complements Jewelcrafting as the profession makes use of stone, ore and gems. Through prospecting, a special ability of the Jewelcrafter, raw ore can be turned into gems, which can then be used for crafting.

Jewelcrafting should turn out to be a profitable profession, as long the gems available through other means don’t outshine the crafted ones.
In addition to the aforemented, jewelcrafters can craft special trinkets and totem-like statues that heal the user. Some High level Jewelcrafting Designs:
●Figurine – Talasite Owl: Trinket, Equip: Restores 14 mana per second. Use: Restores 900 mana over 12 sec.
●Swift Skyfire Diamond: Meta socket, +24 Attack Power and Minor Run Speed Increase.
●Glinting Noble Topaz: Red or Yellow socket, +4 Hit Rating and +4 Agility
●Circlet of Arcane Might: Head, +39 Sta, +27 Int, +27 Spirit. Equip: 2% chance on successful spellcast to increase your spell damage by 120 for 15 seconds.
Some more basic Jewelcrafting info: Meta gem cutting is on a cooldown. You can make one per hour.
●You may receive any gem from prospecting, which gem types you may get depends on the ore type used.
●An item needs to actually have sockets in order to use gems in it. You can replace socketed gems, but it destroys the old gem.
●An item may have both sockets and an enchantment.