Jewel often refers to: *

Gemstone A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, ...

* Jewellery Jewel may also refer to:

Companies

* Jewel (supermarket), a U.S. grocery store chain * Jewel Food Stores (Australia), an Australian grocery store chain *

Jewel Records (disambiguation) Jewel Records may refer to: * Jewel Records (Cincinnati record label), run by Rusty York * Jewel Records (New York record label), a subsidiary of Plaza Music Company, 1927 to 1932 * Jewel Records (Shreveport record label), founded by Stan Lewis ...

, several record labels

People

* Jewel (singer) (born Jewel Kilcher), American singer and actress * Jewel Burks Solomon, American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist * Jewel De'Nyle (born 1976), American pornographic movie star, sometimes credited as "Jewel" * Jewel Staite (born 1982), Canadian actress in ''Firefly''

Fictional characters

* Jewel, a Dalmatian puppy with spots forming a necklace in ''

101 Dalmatians 101 Dalmatians may refer to: * ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1956 novel written by Dodie Smith * 101 Dalmatians (franchise), a Disney film franchise based on the novel ** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1961 animated film based on the ...

'' * Jewel, one of the main characters in the animated film '' Rio'' and its sequel '' Rio 2'' *

Jessica Jones Jessica Campbell Jones Cage is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos and first appeared in ''Alias'' #1 (November 2001) ...

, a superheroine in the Marvel Universe who uses the alias Jewel * Jewel the Beetle, a character from the IDW Publishing comic series ''Sonic the Hedgehog''

Music

* ''Jewel'' (Beni album), 2010 * ''Jewel'' (Marcella Detroit album), 1994 * "Jewel", a song by Ayumi Hamasaki on her 2006 album '' Secret'' * "Jewel", a song by Blonde Redhead on their 1995 album '' La Mia Vita Violenta'' * "Jewel", a song by Bradley Joseph on his 1997 album ''

Rapture The rapture is an Christian eschatology, eschatological position held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an Eschatology, end-time event when all Christian believers who are alive, along with resurre ...

'' * "Jewel", a song by T. Rex on their 1970 self-titled album

Television and movies

* ''Jewel'' (1915 film), an American silent drama film * ''Jewel'' (2001 film), a television film

Other uses

* ''Jewel'', novel by Bret Lott * Jewel Changi Airport, an airport terminal complex in Singapore * Jewel Tower, a tower of the Palace of Westminster, in London, England * Fraternal jewels, the medals worn in both secular and religious fraternal organisations * Jewel beetles, the family

Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...

* Jewel butterflies, various Lycaenidae * Jewel damselflies, the family Chlorocyphidae *

Jewel bearing A jewel bearing is a plain bearing in which a metal spindle turns in a jewel-lined pivot hole. The hole is typically shaped like a torus and is slightly larger than the shaft diameter. The jewels are typically made from the mineral corundum ...