1 | '''Basic Trope''': Naturally occurring gems are plentiful, large and already cut and polished. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Miner Bob found a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Miner Bob found a flawless gem the size of a ''boulder'' sticking out of the ground. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Miner Bob found pebble sized gemstones scattered across the cave floor. |
5 | * '''Justified''': The gem mine that Miner Bob found was actually the ancient ruins of a crashed ship that used gemstones as computer components and [[PowerCrystal power source]]. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': Mined gems appear precut and polished. Jewelers "process" them to look uncut and they are bizzarely more valueable in that form. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': |
8 | ** Miner Bob is a protagonist of an RPG. All of the gem loots he gets needs to be refined first before it can be used. |
9 | ** Miner Bob is the victim of a swindle. The previous owner salted the worthless mine with a few refined gems stuck onto the wall, and inexperienced Bob fell for it. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...but it turns out that the actual refinement process merely involves cracking open the rocky shell, revealing the perfectly shaped shiny gemstone within. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': |
12 | ** It's an old tradition for the dwarves of the setting to mine out precious gems, refine them and then bury them back into the ground for adventurers to find. |
13 | ** Every gemstone Miner Bob mines has the label "All Natural" engraved into them. |
14 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave filled with rough gems as well as already polished gems sticking out of the walls. |
15 | * '''Averted''': Gems are scattered everywhere in the cave but every single one of them are rough and randomly shaped. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': "How will the viewers know Miner Bob's stumbled across a diamond mine [[CoconutEffect if they don't look like diamonds]]?" |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': Alice the geologist says to Miner Bob, "How come all the gems you're mining are already cut and polished? That's geologically impossible!" |
18 | * '''Invoked''': There are legends about an underground spot that contains a special geological condition that allows the formation of gems that already look cut and polished. Miner Bob embarks on an adventure to find said place. |
19 | * '''Exploited''': Miner Bob sells the gems he mined himself directly to jewelers, knowing that he won't need a gem cutter to refine his haul. |
20 | * '''Defied''': The dwarves think it's a bad omen to find large ready made gems from mines so it has become a tradition for them to either destroy them whenever they can either by crushing them to bits or throwing them into a volcano before adventurers find them. |
21 | * '''Discussed''': "What would I need a gem cutter for? These babies are already perfect!" |
22 | * '''Conversed''': "Hey, have you ever wondered why all those gemstone he mines are already polished and cut? I mean, what is up with that?" |
23 | * '''Implied''': The townsfolk of the village where Miner Bob lives in are all adorned in various gem encrusted jewelry and outfits. |
24 | * '''Deconstructed''': Miner Bob tries to sell his hard earned gems but is only paid in miniscule amounts due to the abundance of gemstone in the economy/market. |
25 | * '''Reconstructed''': The gems are only found in Miner Bob's country, in an inverted case of NotRareOverThere. Anyone clever enough to exploit this can make a fortune. |
26 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Miner Bob looked at a piece of rock and threw it away, not knowing that it was actually a geode. He thought all gems looked liked the ones he saw on TV and video games. |
27 | * '''Played For Drama''': Miner Bob is a poor man who mines gems for a living to get through life. The gems in his world are nearly worthless due to its abundance. |
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