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== Origin and Purpose ==
Gemhearts form naturally within some of Roshar's organisms. The [[crem]] that falls with Rosharan rains is full of minerals, which the creatures absorb by drinking and then use to grow the gemheart.{{wob ref|13335}} Their formation is also influenced by [[Investiture]] leaking into the anatomy of certain Rosharan species, creating an effect similar to the formation of [[atium]] on [[Scadrial]].{{wob ref|4678}} Creatures with gemhearts still have normal hearts.{{wob ref|15302}}
Like any gemstone that is one of the ten [[Polestone]]s, gemhearts can glow with either [[Stormlight]] or [[Voidlight]], suggesting that an animal's gemheart is the thing that enables the types of Investiture that many such animals utilize, usually involving a [[spren]] bond. A singer's gemheart, for example, contains the spren that gives them their current [[Singer#Forms|form]], which varies depending on the type of spren they bond.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}}
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