Jewelry

Head wear

Bindi
Makeup or jewelry worn in imitation of the traditionally dot worn on the forehead of married Hindu women.

Circlet
A ring typically made of gold or silver which is worn as an ornament on the head.

Crown
An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.

Cornet
A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring.

Fascinators
A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair.

Ferronnière
a style of headband that encircles the wearer's forehead, usually with a small jewel suspended in the center.

Hatpin
A long straight pin, often with a decorative head, used to secure a woman's hat to her hair.

Hairpin
A pin or fastener for the hair.

Headdress
A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.

Head Chain
A series of connected chains worn around the head.

Sarpech
Also known as an aigrette is a turban ornament that was worn by significant Hindu and Muslim princes.

Tiara
A jeweled, ornamental crown traditionally worn by women during formal occasions.

War Bonnet
A ceremonial headdress, decorated with a trail extension of eagle feathers, worn by some American Indians.

Face

Cartilage Chain
A chain that run from a piercing near the top of the ear to a piercing in the earlobe.

Earrings
A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

Eyebrow Piercing
A piercing through the eyebrow.

Face Jewels
Typically rhinestones that are glued onto the face in patterns.

Masquerade Mask
A decorative mask worn to cover the eyes.

Nose Chain
A link between a nose piercing and an ear piercing.

Nose Ring
A piercing through the nostril.

Lip Piercing
A piercing through the lip.

Tongue Piercing
A piercing through the tongue.

Neck-ware

Bolo tie
a type of necktie consisting of a piece of cord or braided leather with decorative metal tips secured with an ornamental clasp or slide.

Carcanet
A richly decorative collar.

Choker
A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace, tight to the throat.

Locket
A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item.

Necklace
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

Pendant
A piece of jewelry which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.

Shoulder Jewelry
A wide necklace that drapes over the shoulders.

Torcs
Braided necklace or collar.

Torso

Body Chain
A type of necklace made of a series of chains that drape down over the body in varying designs. May be worn over a dress or in some instances as one.

Breastplate
A soiled decorative piece worn over the chest. A large hair-pipe breastplates of 19th-century plains Indians is the most common.

Brooch
A decorative jewelry item designed to be attached to garments, often to hold them closed.

Collar pin
A piece of men's jewelry, which holds the two ends of a dress shirt collar together and passes underneath the knot of a necktie.

Corsage
A small bouquet of flowers worn attached to the woman's dress.

Pocket Watch
A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.
pocket strap

Lapel pin
a small pin worn on clothing, often worn on the lapel of a jacket. Lapel pins can be ornamental or can indicate wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause.

Jeweled Brassier
A Brassier decorated with jewelry for special occasions such as mardi gras or carnival down in South America.

Jeweled Pasties
A pastie worn over the nipple made of rhinestones or other material.

Navel Piercing
A piercing through the top of the belly button.

Nipple Chain
A chain that runs from one nipple to another either connecting to nipple rings or the nipple themselves. May be designed to attach to a low hanging necklace.

Nipple Shield
a piece of body jewelry worn on the nipple, partially or fully covering the areola. The shield encircles the nipple and can be stuck on by various means, including suction, friction and the action of glue, but is most often held in place by a nipple piercing.

Nipple Piercing
A piercing through the nipple.

Tie clip
A clip used to fasten the front and back parts of a tie.

Tie pin
A tie tack, a pin or stud used to secure a tie to the shirt.

Waist and Crotch

Belly chain
A type of body jewelry worn around the waist. Some belly chains attach to a navel piercing.

Belt Buckle
A decorative buckle worn with a belt

Chatelaine
A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women, with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached.

Clitoris clip
A clip which attaches onto the clitoris and or labia.

Jeweled Butt Plug
A butt plug with a jewel, typically rhinestone, attached to the bottom of the base.

Penis Piercing
A piercing added to a males genitalia in the glans, the skin of the penis shaft, the scrotum or the perineum.

Vulva Piercing
A piercing in the female pubic region which can be in mons pubis, the clitoris, clitoral hood, the inner and outer labia and the vulva vestibule.

Arm

Armlets
A band that is worn on the arm that for ornamental or identification purposes.

Bangles
A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

Bracelets
A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament.

Cuff links
A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.

Friendship bracelets
A type of handmade bracelet given to friends.

Rings

Championship rings
Ring giving to the winning team ion sporting events.

Class rings
Ring worn by graduates.

Engagement ring
A ring given to one's fiancé or intended fiancé, signifying a promise to wed, typically a gold band with one or more diamonds or other precious stones

Finger Armor
A ring style which spans from the base of the finger to just below the fingernail or middle of the second joint. This type of ring includes a bending joint.

Knuckle Ring
A ring worn lower on the fingers.

Wedding ring
One of a pair or rings exchanged by bride and groom in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them; symbolizes continuous fidelity.

Wrist Watch
A watch that is worn on a strap or band fastened around the wrist.

Leg Wear

Jeweled Garter
A decorative garter that hugs the thigh and can be worn with or without stockings.

Leg Chain
A chain that runs down and wraps around the thighs, calves or both.

Garter
Anklet
A piece of jewelry resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.

Barefoot Sandal
A anklet and a toe ring linked together.

Toe Ring
A ring worn around the toe.

Materials

Metals
Copper
Gold
Nickle
Palladium
Platinum
Rhodium
Silver
Stainless Steel
Titanium
Tungsten

Gemstones

Agate
A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

Amber
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewelry.

Amethyst
A transparent purple variety of quartz,

Carnelian
A hard, reddish brown chalcedony;

Diamond
A glimmering glass-like mineral.

Emerald
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl,

Garnet
A hard transparent red mineral that is often used as gemstones

Jade
A semiprecious stone that is generally green or white in color.

Jasper
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.

Malachite
A bright green mineral

Moonstone
A translucent gemstone that has a pearly luster.

Obsidian
A type of black glass produced by volcanoes.

Onyx
A black gemstone

Opal
Precious opal ranges from clear through white, gray, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, magenta, rose, pink, slate, olive, brown, and black. Of these hues, the black opals are the most rare, whereas white and greens are the most common. Opals vary in optical density from opaque to semitransparent.

Quartz
The second most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust. Since antiquity, varieties of quartz have been the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewelry.

Ruby
A clear, deep, red variety of corundum,

Sapphire
A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone

Tiger's eye
A gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky luster.

Topaz
Pure topaz is colorless and transparent but is usually tinted by impurities; typical topaz is wine red, yellow, pale gray, reddish-orange, or blue brown.

Tourmaline
A semi-precious stone and the gemstone comes in a wide variety of colors

Turquoise
an opaque, blue-to-green mineral

Zircon
A mineral , usually of a brown or grey color and consisting of silica and zirconia.

Organic Stones

Coral
A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.

Ivory
A hard, white material from the tusks and teeth of animals

Jet
a black gemstone which is a precursor to coal.

Pearl
A hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk.

Mother of pearl
An organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it also makes up the outer coating of pearls. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.

Seashell
A hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives in the sea.

Processes

Metal Lace
A piece of metal with a lace like see through pattern.

Carving
To shape to sculptural effect by cutting into a finished work.

Enameling
An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

Engraving
The practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it.

Filigree
A delicate kind of jewelry metalwork, usually of gold and silver, made with tiny beads or twisted threads, or both in combination, soldered together or to the surface of an object of the same metal and arranged in artistic motifs

Inlaid
The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.

Metal clay
A crafting medium consisting of very small particles of metal such as silver, gold, bronze, or copper mixed with an organic binder and water for use in making jewelry,

Plating
A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal. Typically overlaying an expensive and fragile metal like gold over a stronger and cheaper metal.

Repoussé
A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief.

Wire sculpture
The creation of sculpture or jewelry out of metal wire.

Wire wrapped jewelry
One of the oldest techniques for making handmade jewelry. This technique is done with some jewelry wire and findings similar to wire to make components.