Tropes about all kinds of jewelry, whether they be gemstones, rings, necklaces, etc. But all will sparkle.
Compare Conspicuous Consumption, which many of these tropes would count as.
Some of these tropes even count as Garnishing the Story, just because they are better if jewels are involved than something else.
Not to be confused with the video game Bejeweled.
Tropes:
Sister Indexes:
- Affair Jewelry: Jewelry is used to signal betrayal.
- All-Natural Gem Polish: For gems that are naturally perfectly cut and polished.
- Body to Jewel: Bodily parts/fluids turn into jewels
- Carbuncle Creature: Creature with a gemstone on its forehead.
- Cardinal Gem Connection: Gems of ruby, sapphire, emerald, or diamond in a connected theme.
- Color-Coded Stones: Gemstones are only depicted in their most iconic color.
- Crystal Ball: A ball of crystal used for magical purposes, usually involving seeing things.
- Crystal Landscape: A setting or location filled with or composed of gems, crystals and jewels.
- Crystalline Creature: Living beings composed entirely of crystals or precious stones.
- Crystal Prison: Trapping characters inside of precious stones.
- Crystal Skull: A skull made of crystal. Probably has mystic powers.
- Crystal Weapon: When weapons are made out of gems or crystals.
- Data Crystal: Jewels meet information-age supertech.
- Diamonds in the Buff: When the jewelry is all you're wearing.
- Distracted by the Luxury: Using luxuries, like jewelry, to distract ladies.
- Dramatic Necklace Removal: Tearing off a necklace that's important to the wearer.
- Ear-Piercing Plot: A young character wants their ears pierced, but is either too scared to do it or is forbidden from doing so by their parents.
- Enormous Engagement Ring: For when you really want to make a statement about your upcoming wedding.
- Gem-Encrusted: Sticking jewels on anything just to pretty it up.
- Gem Heart: A jewel that's found inside a big dangerous creature
- Gemstone Assault: When jewels become lethal weapons.
- Gemstone Motifs: A character is symbolically associated with a particular gemstone.
- Gem Tissue: When gems or crystals are part of one's body.
- Glowing Gem: Light-emitting diamonds, rubies, emeralds or whatever.
- Heirloom Engagement Ring: Someone uses a family member's ring for a proposal.
- Jeweler's Eye Loupe: An appraiser's best friend, allowing them to get a close look at gemstones, coins, precious metals, jewellery and other valuables.
- Mineral MacGuffin: Jewelry as a MacGuffin.
- Mystical Jade: Jade has magical properties.
- Perplexing Pearl Production: Pearls are naturally perfect, and can be made by any sort of bivalve.
- The Pin Is Mightier Than the Sword: Badges that grant the wearer special powers.
- Poison Ring: A stash of poison hidden in a ring.
- Power Crystal: A magic crystal attached to an object to make the object more powerful.
- Ring of Power: A ring imbued with power that the wearer can use.
- Ring on a Necklace: A ring with importance to the wearer that is worn on a necklace rather than a finger.
- Ripping Off the String of Pearls: A woman wearing a prominent string of pearls is likely to get them yanked off her neck... or rip them off herself.
- Rock Theme Naming: Characters named after gems and minerals.
- Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction: Gemstones and money are huge in fictional works.
- Treasure Room: Where else would you find gemstones?
- Unconventional Engagement Ring: Engagment rings that aren't "traditional" rings (a locket, something homemade, a piece of paper, etc.)
- With This Ring: An engagement scene, involving an engagement ring.

