Freeform Polished Jet Pendant with Gemstones, Tektites, Silver and Antique Beads on Silk
Dark, dramatic and protective, this lustrous jet pendant feels like a guardian spirit.
Dark, dramatic and protective, this lustrous jet pendant feels like a guardian spirit.
Dark, dramatic and protective, this lustrous jet pendant feels like a guardian spirit.
:: The Quiet Friend ::
I’ve had this tumbled piece of Mongolian jet for some time. It came to me as a matte stone so for this necklace I drilled and polished it with my finest abrasives, using hands only, no machines. The result is just amazing. You cannot put it down! It feels so amazing, warm, comforting and even alive in the hand. Jet has been used by the Ancestral Pueblo people in the Southwest for well over a thousand years, making stunning highly polished pendants and talismans. The best known may be the exquisite polished frog inlaid with turquoise from Chaco Canyon. When I bought this stone I was learning about ancestral Southwestern jewelry making techniques and thought it would be easily ground down for a shaped piece. But the shape is already so elegant that I left it as it was.
Jet is lignite, a type of extremely finely grained coal and there are several locations where it may be found here. Like so many of the darker stones, it seems to have a protective energy and an almost sympathetic quality, which is why it may have been so popular in the 1800s in mourning jewelry.
The beaded strand is on pure silk, very supple and strong. On it are tiny meteorite tektites; tumbled pieces of original Greenland nuummite nearly 3 billion years old; deep, dark barrels of tigers eye; Thai Hill Tribe silver; faceted pyrite; brass; glass seed beads; and antique French steel cut beads. A sterling silver nugget I made by hand is over the jet pendant.
…a lovely, comforting and powerful talisman, perfect for these dark winter days.
For desert spirits and fearless souls…
SIZE: 19” from the back of your neck to the end of the pendant. The Jet pendant is 2 1/16” x 1” x 5/8”.
CARE: Immersion in water is not recommended. Wipe with a soft, damp cloth to clean. A silver polishing cloth may be used on the strand.
PACKAGING: This necklace will arrive giftwrapped in hand-decorated, Earth-friendly packaging, wrapped inside an organic cotton pouch. Please reuse or recycle the wrappings.
SHIPPING: Your talisman will be shipped via USPS Priority Mail. Shipping is always free.