Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Museum: University of St Andrews Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 4 Intangible State of the practice thriving Field Worker Carmen Pérez Maestro External ID LAPONTE_CP_02 Place The town or city Villaviciosa and Gijón area, Asturias, Spain Place Description Jet is the most well-known and widespread gemstone found in Asturias. The area of Villaviciosa and Gijón is the epicenter of both its extraction and its transformation into jewelry pieces.The layers of jet are located in the highest sections of the Upper Jurassic, from the Kimmeridgian age, consisting of alternating sandstones, marls, and dark silty clays. It originated from woody trunks that were carried and deposited between the sandstones of the well-known Lastres Formation, although it is also found in the so-called La Ñora and Vega formations, in a transitional sedimentary environment.There are precedents for the recognition of the existence and quality of Asturias' jet in foreign scientific publications as early as the 19th century. CINE only true Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jet culture Type The nature or genre of the resource Intangible Extent The size or duration of the resource. x x Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource iain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 408 Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 18/06/2025 Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 15/09/2025 Description An account of the resource The presence of high-quality jet deposits in Asturias enabled, since ancient times, its mining and artisanal use, giving rise to a culture centered around the properties of this unique mineral. Its believed protective nature generated strong demand for handcrafted creations, which were sold mainly outside the region, both in traditional forms like amulets and in more unique versions, as various pieces of jewelry Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Cultura del azabache Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. University of St Andrews