National monument, southwestern South Dakota, U.S. Established in 1908, it occupies an area of 2 sq mi (5 sq km). It is noted for its limestone caverns, a series of chambers joined by narrow passages. The known length of the caverns is 77 mi (124 km).

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Jewel may mean:

• Gemstone or jewellery
• Common name for damselflies of the family Chlorocyphidae
• Jewel case, a CD or DVD holder
• Jewel bearing, used in sensitive measuring equipment
• Jewel (supermarket), a grocery store chain
• Jewel Food Stores (Australia) an Australian grocery store chain
• Jewel (novel), Jewel is a novel by Bret Lott
• Jewel (film), a 2001 television film
• Jewel (comics), a superheroine in the Marvel universe

Music

• Jewel (album), a 1994 album by Marcella Detroit
• Jewel Records, a record label
• "Jewel" (song), a song by Ayumi Hamasaki
• "Jewel", song by Bradley Joseph on the 1997 album Rapture
• Jewel (singer), American singerBuddhism
• The Three Jewels, namely Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha.People
• John Jewel, 16th-century Bishop of Salisbury, author and theologian
• Jewel (singer) (full name: Jewel Kilcher), American singer and actress
• Jewel (actress) (born Veronica Sage), American pornographic movie star
• Jewel De'Nyle, (born Stephany Schwarz) American pornographic movie star, sometimes credited as "Jewel"
• Jewel Mische, Philippine/American actress, winner of StarStruck
• Jewel Staite, Canadian actress of Firefly fame

Jewel could also be an alternate spelling of the family name Jewell

See also

• Jewels (disambiguation)