So the Depleted Ore Mine/Cave has 2 Malachite Veins

[Kamboyah]

and I just spent 4 hours re-rolling through quickload and most I got total was 2 gems.
The 2nd vein is on the wall as you turn your back to pedestals you can see it on left in the corner.

I'm tinking about going with 9 malachite ores I just rolled. It's sop fkn hard to get those gems here in this version, walkthroughs said 4 per vein is a good score, I can get 2 in like once per 40 tries smh

[Raze_Larian]

In the original release of Ego Draconis it wasn't too hard to get 3 gems with moderate reloading, and 4 with a lot of reloading or getting very lucky (I think I only got 4 once).
In the Dragon Knight Saga / Developer's Cut, though, those numbers drop by 1. After trying a fair bit to get 3 gems on the first malachite vein, I put a time limit on reloading, and would generally take 2 as good enough.

In the Flames of Vengeance section of the game, any quest that gives gems has a chance to give malachite gems (3 or 5, depending on the quest). I usually reloaded a few times to see if I could get malachite, but had a time limit.

I acquired about 30 malachite gems in the D2:ED section of the game (used a couple for healing auras on jewellery and 2 for a quest), and at the end of the game had 65.

[Kamboyah]

65?! woww, I have spent a few till now and am sitting on 3 o.o but still am in imo the middle of progress through Orobas.
So 3 gems per vein is the goal. thanks

[Grimmrog_SIG]

so there is no non save scumming way to get a proper amount for some enchantments?

[Raze_Larian]

There are a few available to be looted, purchased or given through quests (Mindreading can help in several situations), but the majority are available from veins or FoV section random quest rewards.

The guide below has a section on Malachite Gems, listing where and how they can be obtained (search for '15.1' to get to that section).
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/xbox360/998545-divinity-ii-the-dragon-knight-saga/faqs/62264