Carnelian
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7945 | (none) | (none) | B16808 | Necklace. 6 lapis lazuli double conoids [drawing] (not to scale). 4 lapis double conoids -smaller type [drawing]. 6 carnelian double conoids. 2 carnelian ring beads. | |
 | 7642 | (none) | 1928,1009.94 | (none) | Necklace. 64 beads. Arbitrarily re-strung. Carnelian, amethyst and lapis lazuli. Carnelian, double conoid, bugle beads and ring beads: Amethyst: double conoid. Lapis: ring beads. |
| 17051 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Amethyst [represented in drawing] four sided, lozange shaped in section carnelian. Double conoids and lentoids and diamonds. Silver ball beads. Glass paste rings, balls, discoids, barrels. Agate. Squares. Lapis lazuli flat lentoid with dragon (?) engraved amethyst scaraboid with fish (?) engraved. [drawing] |
| 6613A | (none) | (none) | B16389 | Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E. | |
| 7037 | (none) | (none) | B16381 | Necklace. Carnelian beads 23 in all. | |
| 6796 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian beads. E. |
| 13028 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian beads. Rings and 1 lentoid. |
| 12145 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian bugles & ring beads. |
| 17085 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian double conoids, discoids. |
| 12600 | 30-12-606 | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian ring beads. | |
| 17040 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian scaraboids, double conoids, rings. Lapis lazuli scaraboids. Glass paste ball beads. 1 greenish glass paste scaraboid with quasi heiroglyphic signs? A second marked thus [drawing] |
| 7572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, blue crystal, yellow and one lapis lazuli bead. 34 in all. Lentoids, ring beads, bugle beads and double conoids. Restrung in original order. Found with Phonecian black and blue glass bottle U7660 and with clay pot Type XXIX |
| 17037 | 31-43-144 | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, discois, lentoids, double conoids, amethyst, facetted tetragonal, lozance shaped in facetted lentoids. Lapis Lazuli double conoid. Agate beads like: [reference to drawing]. Quartz lentoids. [drawing] | |
| 16375 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, lapis lazuli, quartz, sard, mottled stone, variegated glass(?), rings, barrels, flattened double conoids. for order of stringing see Field Note. |
| 8116 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, lapis, & gold beads. 47 double conoid gold beads. 12 ribbed ball gold beads. 184 double conoid lapis lazuli. 14 lentoid carnelians. 1 double conoid agate bead. Strung apparently in the following order: 4 or 5? lapis. 4 or 5? gold. 4 or 5? lapis. 1 carnelian. 4 or 5 lapis. 4 or 5 gold. 1 carnelian. etc. In the middle the large double conoid agate bead. 1 gold ball bead with 4 or 3? gold conoid. |
| 13042 | (none) | 1929,1017.324 | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, quartzite and steatite double conoid beads. |
| 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. |
| 11215 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Consisting of 2 strings of beads. 110 carnelian double conoids, 1 rectangular shaped agate bead convex on either side, elliptical in section. 50 carnelian ring and discoid beads. 68 lapis lazuli beads. 47 gold beads (tubular pieces of gold foil) |
| 51 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Consisting of agate lunar pendant, 13 gold beads (some decayed), 12 carnelian and 18 lapis beads (including one barrel 0.047 long) = from this beads through the center 13 are restrung in the original order. and 7 gold beads unstrung. |
| 7099 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Containing cylinder seal of carnelian. Inscribed. Cylinder seal; lapis lazuli plain. 65 carnelian beads. On carnelian cylinder seal. Worship of a standing god by votary led by the hand. Standing god holds club? Introducing goddess may be Dim-tab-ba. Inscribed: Dim-tab-ba. Cf. U.7097, U.7098 and U.7100-U.7106. |
| 16373 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Glass paste ring beads. Carnelian double conoids. Frit double conoids. Jasper(?) green double concoids. fluted Frit discoid. |
| 12729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Gold and lapis. Plated ball beads. Large with carnelian ring beads in between. |
| 11101 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Gold ring beads. Carnelian double conoids. Agate barrels. Large flattened agate double conoid. White (steatite?) lentoid. Jasper double conoid. For order see Field Notes. |
| 12308 | 30-12-694 | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Lapis & silver large lentoids. Carnelian rings. | |
| 12646 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Lapis bugles. Carnelian rings. Silver tubular spheres. See field notes. |
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Agate - Chrysoprase - Jasper - Sard
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