And these designers aren’t using just any old jet — they’re purposefully picking Whitby jet, which is widely considered the gold standard of jewelry-ready jet. Though the gemstone was mined ...

One is Count Dracula, the other is Whitby jet. That both are associated with mournful Victorians also accounts for Whitby’s attraction to those of a Gothic frame of mind. Popular legend has it that ...

It was, after 180 million years, a very rapid decline. When W Hamond, Jet Manufacturers, opened its doors in Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast in 1860, the jet business was booming. Victorian ...

A GEMOLOGIST from the world's best known jet producing stretch of coast is searching for the holy grail of tests so people can easily determine the real thing from fakes. Jewellers in Whitby in ...

Mike Laycock finds out about Whitby's past as a jet jewellery centre. IT GAVE us the phrase jet black. The jewellery became a symbol of Queen Victoria's mourning after her beloved Albert died.

W Hamond is the oldest jet shop in Whitby and as it celebrates its 160th anniversary, Sarah Freeman discovers how the black stuff has now caught the eye of Fabergé. Daytrippers to Whitby rarely ...