Jet Tumbled Stones, 1 Pound

A full pound of tumbled stones. Sold by weight, so the count varies with the size of the pieces, generally enough to fill a bowl or supply a season of pouches and grids.

An organic gem, not a mineral. Fossilized ancient wood, deep black and polished smooth, remarkably light and warm to the touch.

Sized for practical work. Small enough to carry, scatter through a grid, tuck into a charm bag, or hand out to a class or a circle.

• Approximately 1 pound of tumbled stones, sold by weight; piece count and size vary
• Material: jet, an organic gem of fossilized wood
• Note: jet is sometimes reconstituted or imitated with black glass in the trade; contact Plentiful Earth if provenance matters to you
• Uses: crystal grids, altar bowls, pouches and charm bags, pocket stones, gifts
• SKU: GTJETB

Jet's protective file is genuinely old: the fossilized wood polished into amulets since prehistory, famous from the cliffs of Whitby whose jet dressed Victorian England's mourning after Prince Albert's death, and carried in folk tradition across Europe as a guard against ill will and heavy influences, the black stone's classic absorbing office. Judy Hall's Crystal Bible seats jet at the root chakra for grounding, and the folk record keeps it for protection and for a long place in the mourning-jewelry tradition.

Bought by the pound, jet becomes a working stone rather than a display piece: the black filling a protective bowl at the threshold, the handful ringing a candle, the pocket stone carried through a hard season, the small stone pressed into the hand of someone in mourning, as the tradition has always done. Tumbled stones are the democratic form of the crystal shelf, and jet is a fitting stone to have in quantity, since its offices are the plain ones, guarding and steadying, repeated as often as the days require.

1. Cleanse the batch on arrival with passing smoke; jet prefers smoke to water and dislikes long soaking.
2. Fill a bowl at a threshold or on the altar and let the black stand for the guard.
3. Scatter a handful through a protection or grounding grid, or ring a black candle with them.
4. Tuck one into a pouch or pocket and carry it, the way the amulet tradition always has.
5. Keep them from water, heat, and lotions; organic gems ask gentleness.

• Jet Gemstone Bracelet, 4mm: the same stone worn rather than carried.
• Jet Gemstone Bracelet, 8mm: the bolder scale of the same organic gem.
• Black Obsidian Worry Stone: the other black guard, sized for the hand.
• Honoring Your Ancestors by Mallorie Vaudoise: the remembrance shelf beside the mourning stone.
• Black Chime Candles, Set of 20: the protective register's flames, ringed with the stones.

What is jet?

An organic gem rather than a mineral: ancient wood fossilized over long ages, deep black, remarkably light, and warm to the touch, famously from the cliffs of Whitby in England.

What does jet traditionally carry?

The folk record's guard file: protection against ill will, and a long place in mourning and remembrance jewelry, the offices the amulet custom and Victorian custom agree on. Hall seats it at the root chakra.

How many stones come in a pound?

It varies, because the stones are sold by weight rather than count. Larger pieces mean fewer stones, smaller ones mean more, but a pound generally fills a bowl or supplies a season of grids, pouches, and gifts.

Is it real jet?

Jet is sometimes reconstituted or imitated with black glass in the trade, so we say plainly what we know. Genuine jet is unusually light for its size and warm rather than cold in the hand. Contact us if provenance matters to you.

How do I cleanse and care for them?

Smoke rather than water. Skip long soaking and salt, keep the stones dry and away from heat and lotions, and store them where they will not knock against harder crystals.