To obtain "The Pick of the Luminary" one must simply mine, a lot, in specific zones/level areas a total of 21,960 times, over 12 hours of mining

Stats of each pick:

Phy Damage 19
Auto Attack 20.26
Delay 3.2
DPS 5.93
Gathering 112
Perception 64
Item Level 55
MIN Level 50

The level 50 Mining quest literally has you talk to 4 people, then gather Darksteel ore x3, then talk to Adalberta again.

Total time spent - actually going out and mining it - <30 minutes

So ... why is the Luminary gear, so much harder to obtain?
Shouldn't it have SOME bonus, besides the gaudy color to separate it?

What I am suggesting is the "Items of the Luminary" (all of them) get some sort of stat bonus-to make them WORTH getting.

Bonus could be anything, like:
1-3 Materia Slots
+5 more stats then normal
+ new stat (resistances, vitality, etc)
+1-3 spirit bonding.

ANY bonus would make it more desirable then just "it's gold..."