Whitby
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Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the mouth of the River Esk, where the North York Moors meet the Yorkshire Coast, and has a maritime, miner
Whitby Abbey
The Old Town Hall at Whitby
Whitby Harbour, 1 geograph.org.uk 6233743
View over Whitby, UK during COVID 19 Lockdown
Jet (gemstone)
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Jet is a type of lignite, the lowest rank of coal, and is a gemstone. Unlike many gemstones, jet is not a mineral, but is rather a mineraloid. It is derived from wood that has changed under extreme pr
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…was where Captain Cook learned seamanship. He first explored the southern ocean in HMS Endeavour, built in Whitby. Alum was mined locally, and Whitby jet jewellery was fashionable during the 19th century. Tourism started in Whitby during the Georgian period and developed with the arrival of the railway…
Sample of unworked jet, about 15 mm long
A large piece of jet from Whitby
Statuette of Saint James. Jet. Santiago De Compostela, Spain. ca.1410. Overall: 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm). Metropolitan Museum.
Three views of a prehistoric pendant in lignite/jet; Magdalenian culture (17,000–10,000 BC), from the Marsoulas cave, Marsoulas, Haute-Garonne, France