Agate
Agate is characterized by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. They are commonly associated with volcanic rocks and can be found in metamorphic rocks. This mineral can be white, grey, blue, orange, red, yellow, or black. It has a moh's hardness of 6.5-7.
Agate is characterized by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. They are commonly associated with volcanic rocks and can be found in metamorphic rocks. This mineral can be white, grey, blue, orange, red, yellow, or black. It has a moh's hardness of 6.5-7.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15487 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings; onyx barels; paste balls; 1 faceted amethyst cylindrical. |
| 15704 | 31-17-144 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Silver, agate, shell & carnelian mixed. | |
| 15705A | (none) | 1930,1213.101 | (none) | [A] Beads and [B] Silver finger ring: carnelian & agate bugles, 1 gold ring bead, silver finger ring is of flat strip metal, ends overlapping. |
| 16115 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings; white sard lentoid; green glaze balls; paste lentoids; amethyst double conoids; breceia triangle, agate barrels and lapis paste. (for order of stringing see Field Note). |
| 16138 | (none) | 1931,1010.218 | (none) | Beads: agate double conoids; carnelian double conoids; quartzite double concoids; carnelian ring beads. |
| 16141C | 31-43-136 | (none) | (none) | Amulets. Frit. [A-B] A Pair. Miniature clenched fists perforated for suspension. [From Typed Transcript Only] [C] Necklace: Carnelian, lapis, bone, rock crystal, agate, amethyst. [D] Gold finger ring and [E] bone. [F] copper finger ring |
| 16166 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: Agate, steatite, jasper, glass paste, carnelian lentoids, barrels, balls, double conoid. |
| 16199 | (none) | 1931,1010.222 | (none) | Beads: Agate, lapis & frit scaraboids, one agate barrel. |
| 16212 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: A mixed lot of paste, carnelian, agate, jasper, cats eye, crystal, breccia, sard, hematite, lapis, copper, amethyst. Order not kept. |
| 16270C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Fragment of Inlay in gold, carnelian & lapis from the decoration of walls or objects in the BC rooms. [A] A gold star (6-pointed) and [B] 2 sun's rays of gold & carnelian from room 2 [crossed out] 7 9 [written beside] in Bur-Sins SE annex. [C] Agate [drawing] from Dungi room 1 [crossed out] 4. [D] Corrugated gold leaf, agate strip & square glass paste(?) tessera from Bur-Sins room 2 in SE annex. [drawing] |
| 16270D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Fragment of Inlay in gold, carnelian & lapis from the decoration of walls or objects in the BC rooms. [A] A gold star (6-pointed) and [B] 2 sun's rays of gold & carnelian from room 2 [crossed out] 7 9 [written beside] in Bur-Sins SE annex. [C] Agate [drawing] from Dungi room 1 [crossed out] 4. [D] Corrugated gold leaf, agate strip & square glass paste(?) tessera from Bur-Sins room 2 in SE annex. [drawing] |
| 16285 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: mostly amethyst. 4 facetted flattened lentoids, with these some squares of banded sard, small carnelian balls and some paste and shell rings, and a crescent-shaped pendant of agate. For order see Field Notes. |
| 16319 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 37 beads. Agate lentoids, carnelian balls, glazed frit double conoids, 1 lapis lazuli double conoid, 1 rectangular calcite bead, carnelian barrels, 1 gold double conoid with ridged ends. |
| 16353 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bracelet. carnelian balls, barrels, bugles; agate barrels; lapis double conoid; carnelian lion miniature amulet. [drawing] approx. [?] |
| 16368 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian: balls, double conoids, lentoids, rings & 2 bugles. Quartz: balls, double conoids. Jasper: 1 flattened double conoid, 1 barrel. Agate:barrel. |
| 1639 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. (40) Restrung from loose beads. Carnelian rings and lentoids or bugles of carnelian, agate, onyx, etc. |
| 1642 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads (10) Carnelian, agate, etc., found together. |
| 1661 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mixed set, carnelian, shell, agate, etc., and one large gold bead. Brought in together. |
| 16637 | 31-43-135 | (none) | (none) | Beads. 3 agate lentoids, 40 carnelian ring beads. Minute. | |
| 16658 | 31-43-143 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Painted amethyst lentoids and double concoids. Agate balls and barrels. Glass ball bead. 1 copper tubular bead. | |
| 16666 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate tubular and barrel beads. |
| 16685 | (none) | 1931,1010.256 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian: balls and rings and double conoids. Amethyst: double conoids. Lapis lazuli: balls and rings. Agate: lentoids, barrels. Glass paste: lentoids, balls, rings. |
| 16697 | 31-43-147 | (none) | (none) | Beads: Mostly lentoids. Jasper, carnelian, granite, agate, sard, lapis, quartz. A few carnelian balls and double conoids. | |
| 16710A | (none) | 1931,1010.255 | (none) | Beads: 401 in all. Jasper, quartz, lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate, cats eye, breccia, granite, amethyst, copper, and various mottled stones, reddish brown, grey, etc. 1 gold double conoid; order not know. Mostly lentoids. Also barrels, rings, double conoids, balls. |
| 16710B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: 401 in all. Jasper, quartz, lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate, cats eye, breccia, granite, amethyst, copper, and various mottled stones, reddish brown, grey, etc. 1 gold double conoid; order not know. Mostly lentoids. Also barrels, rings, double conoids, balls. |
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Carnelian - Chrysoprase - Jasper - Sard
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