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Jewelcrafting
Jewelcrafting is a profession which was introduced in the Burning Crusade Expansion. Players are able to make rings, trinkets, necklaces and more, as well as gems for socketed items. Special for any Jewelcrafters are figurines which are Bind on Pickup.
Jewelcrafting also allows a player to cut gems recovered from mineral ores (copper, iron, mithril, etc) via Prospecting. Each cut gem has a color type (red/yellow/blue), and certain socketed items have colored sockets and a bonus that can be activated if gems of the appropriate color are placed in all its sockets.
It's worth noting that, unlike Enchanting, you won't be able to apply Jewelcrafting to just any weapon or piece of armor. In fact, there are very few weapons and armor with gem slots.
Tailoring
Skinning
Skinning allows players to gather leather, hides and scales by skinning certain mobs (beasts, dragonkin, Silithid, and, very rarely, humanoids). Not all mobs of each type can be skinned, e.g. birds cannot be skinned despite being beasts. Leather, hides and scales are used for leatherworking. Leather is also used for some blacksmithing, engineering, and tailoring recipes.
Leatherworking
Mining
Mining allows you to find and mine minerals, ores, and stones from resource nodes scattered throughout the world. It is one of the primary professions. Materials from mining and the items miners can create from them are reagents needed for recipes within other professions.