.. Whitby England. This jet is approximately 182 million years old. Here it is fossilized wood from a species similar to the Chile pine or Monkey Puzzle tree.
Jet is also found in Poland, Northern Spain, and near Erzurum in Turkey. A common gift for a Turk to bring to a US host are Whitby Jet prayer beads, which have a unique odor.
(Portrait: Woman of 1860’s wearing necklace made of Whitby Jet.)