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===In jewellery {{anchor|in jewelry}} === [[Jet (lignite)|Jet]] is a form of lignite that has been used as a gemstone.<ref name="Glossary2005">{{cite book | title=Glossary of Geology |edition=5th | publisher=American Geological Institute |editor-last=Neuendorf |editor-first=K. K. E. Jr. |editor2-last=Mehl |editor2-first=J. P. |editor3-last=Jackson |editor3-first=J. A.| year=2005 | location=Alexandria, Virginia | pages=344}}</ref> The earliest jet artifacts date to 10,000 BCE<ref name="botfly">{{cite web|url=http://donsmaps.com/petersfels.html|title=Venus figures from Petersfels|access-date=9 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929213049/http://donsmaps.com/petersfels.html|archive-date=29 September 2016}}</ref> and jet was used extensively in necklaces and other ornamentation in Britain from the [[Neolithic]] until the end of [[Roman Britain]].<ref name=RomanJet8>{{cite book |last=Allason-Jones |first=Lindsay |author-link=Lindsay Allason-Jones |date=1996|title=Roman Jet in the Yorkshire Museum|publisher=The Yorkshire Museum |pages=8β11 |isbn=0905807170}}</ref> Jet experienced a brief revival in [[Victorian Britain]].<ref name=MullerH59>{{cite book |last=Muller |first=Helen |date=1987 |title=Jet|publisher=Butterworths |pages=59β63 |isbn=0408031107}}</ref>
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