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* ''Anime/FairyTailDragonCry'' has [[spoiler:the dragon Animus]], whose horns and claws look like great masses of crystal growing out of his body.

* ''Anime/OnePiece'': "Jewelry" Bonney gets her epithet from jewel-like studs growing on her skin. These are remnants of [[spoiler:a nearly fatal disease that made sunlight deadly to her, but was cured by Vegapunk]].

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': The core found on angels and some Evas resembles a sort of red crystal and behaves like various other crystalline materials.

* ''Anime/DigimonFusion'': Blastmon is a humanoid porcupine whose spines are gigantic diamonds.
* ''Anime/OnePiece'': "Jewelry" Bonney gets her epithet from jewel-like studs growing on her skin. These are remnants of [[spoiler:a nearly fatal disease that made sunlight deadly to her, but was cured by Vegapunk.]]

*** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'', one ancient, cursed jewel belonging to Silver Banshee's clan becomes embedded in Inspector Henderson's hand.

* ''Fanfic/JudgeLuna'': In "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/109174/10 Case #9: Puppet]]", it's mentioned that unicorns have a gem called a carbuncle within the base of their horns, which is the source of their magic.

* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Contact with a PowerCrystal changes Commander Rourke's flesh to the same glowing blue crystal. This doesn't seem to have interfered with his bodily functions, as he showed no signs of ill health [[spoiler:until Milo hoists him up to the blimp propellers, shattering Rourke to a million pieces.]]

* ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeVIIITheLastJedi'' depicts the Vulptex, fox-like animals with fur made out of crystalline bristles.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In general, all trolls have diamond teeth -- it's the only material strong enough to grind and break down [[EatDirtCheap the rock that they eat]]. In addition, the Diamond King of the Trolls is made entirely out of diamond.

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* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': A few members' bodies are adorned with crystals, which serve as sources of their energy, notably [[Series/UltramanGinga Ultraman Ginga and his partner, Ultraman Victory]]. The body crystals are later carried over whenever Ginga and/or Victory lend their powers to another Ultra, such as when Series/UltramanOrb borrows Ginga's powers to create his Lightning Attacker mode, or when Franchise/UltramanZero uses both Ginga's and Victory's powers for his Zero Beyond form.

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** ''TabletopGame/DarkSun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors beyond Tyr'': The dagorran is a giant frog-like creature with green crystals growing out of the top of its back, under the neck. These crystals are the source of the creature's tracking and psionic abilities. The leader of a pack of dagorran has a larger growth of crystals than the other pack members.

** ''FinalFantasyXVI'': Those capable of naturally using magic suffer "the Crystal Curse". The more they use their magic in life, the more [[TakenForGranite parts of their bodies turn to pale crystal]]. In its advanced stages, entire limbs become useless and the afflicted suffer constant, agonizing pain until they finally die from organ failure or use so much magic that they crystalize completely.

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* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'': Pyrrhon has a green jewel on his forehead.

* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar4'': [[spoiler:The Scions, a.k.a. evolved Locust, and Swarmak, an evolved Brumak,]] have crystals of some sort growing out of their bodies.

* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'': Blastmon is a humanoid porcupine whose spines are gigantic diamonds.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': It is unclear just what "Andro's" true body is actually made of, but it looks like clear faceted crystal and explodes when struck by lightning.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Several examples exist such as Carbink and Diancie, though the Lake Trio are probably the most famous since their gems are integrated into [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl their games']] story. Others such as Dialga and Palkia have gem-like orbs embedded into their limbs and torsos. Special mention to Sableye, which ''eats'' Carbink and develop their own gem tissues as a result of their diet.

* ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'': "Monsters" are distinguished from other creatures by the small gems within their bodies, which the AdventureGuild trades for coin. One dragon refuses to attack some [[FullBoarAction giant boars]] until she learns that they're not monsters, as she doesn't want to eat the gems by mistake.

* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Contact with a PowerCrystal changes Commander Rourke's flesh to the same glowing blue crystal. This doesn't seem to have interfered with his bodily functions, as he showed no signs of ill health [[spoiler:until Milo hoists him up to the blimp propellers, shattering Rourke to a million pieces.]]

* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' has the gemstone dragons, dragons with dragonstone, onyx and hydrix gems naturally embedded into their bodies. They were originally born from the eggs of a crystal dragon, which was created by the dragonkin Vicendithas when he magically infused a white dragon with elven crystals. Dragonstone, in particular, was a gemstone not found in the wild, leaving Vicendithas to name it after its source.

* ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher'': Crystal slimes are covered in growths of razor-sharp crystals.
%%* ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'': Several Yokai have chunks of Amrita growing from their bodies.%%Amrita being?

* ''Webcomic/{{Huckleberry}}'': Diamondback is a desert snake with [[PunBasedCreature literal diamonds on its back]].

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/TheLastJedi'' depicts the Vulptex, fox-like animals with fur made out of crystalline bristles.

* ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': The golgari, as they mature, choose a type of rock to permanently bond to their skin, imbuing a measure of life into the stone to form their "true skin". Granin chooses a [[BoringButPractical cheap but plentiful]] material, making repairs easy, but it's not unknown for extremely wealthy individuals to use diamond.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Several examples exist such as [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Carbink and Diancie]], though the [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Lake Trio]] are probably the most famous since their gems are integrated into their [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl games' story]]. Others such as Dialga and Palkia have gem-like orbs embedded into their limbs and torsos. Special mention to Sableye, which ''eats'' Carbink and develop their own gem tissues as a result of their diet.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Several examples exist such as [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Carbink and Diancie]], though the [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Lake Trio]] are probably the most famous since their gems are integrated into their [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl games' story]]. Others such as [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Dialga and Palkia]] have gem-like orbs embedded into their limbs and torsos. Special mention to [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Sableye]], which ''eats'' Carbink and develop their own gem tissues as a result of their diet.