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)
8527 (none) (none) (none) Beads 16 gold spacer triangles formed of 2 minute beads with between them minute ring beads of lapis lazuli and carnelian [drawing] 1:1
8528 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 15 gold ring spacers thus [drawing] 1:1 with between them small lapis and carnelian beads: for order see field notes.
8562C (none) (none) (none) Three beads. Big facetted lentoids. (A) Lapis. (B) Gold (plated over core). (C) Lapis. Strung in this order to hold the whetstone U. 8563: see field notes. (with these beads are put 2 carnelian rings found by them and perhaps used as terminals).
8565 (none) (none) (none) Gold and stone chain. 6 lapis and 4 carnelian beads, the lapis thus [drawing 1:1] and the carnelian thus (flat) [drawing 1:1]. Strung alternately: in the middle of the chain (probably, see field notes) a gold centrepiece [drawing] of cloisonne work inlaid with lapis petals to the rosette and light yellow carnelian between the petals. (2 carnelians missing). The gold pieces had 2 attachment loops of which one is missing.
8571 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 11 gold double conoids of different sizes and a quantity of similar lapis beads; 1 gold rectangular bead. All found loose in the soil, also, some mixed carnelian beads.
8572 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Large. 3 carnelian and 8 lapis and 1 gold.
8585 (none) (none) B16820 Gold beads etc. 14 flat disks and 19 balls, small and 1 large double conoid. With these a few small carnelian and lapis, amongst the former some diamonds laterally pierced.
8592 (none) (none) (none) Beads Small lapis and carnelian balls Strung two of each alternately
8603 (none) (none) (none) Beads Lapis double conoids etc 1 long gold facetted lentoid 1 carnelian double conoid, large
8613A (none) 1928,1009.76 (none) Gold chains etc. [A-B] Two sections of gold chain with crochet links . When found (A) passed through a curled gold earring (C) [drawing] With these, [D] two lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian rings, and remains of a large silver-plated bead with horizontal ribbing - the latter wholly decayed.
8613D (none) (none) (none) Gold chains etc. [A-B] Two sections of gold chain with crochet links . When found (A) passed through a curled gold earring (C) [drawing] With these, [D] two lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian rings, and remains of a large silver-plated bead with horizontal ribbing - the latter wholly decayed.
8620 (none) 1928,1009.83 (none) Beads. Carnelian double conoids, and a few silver ditto, large. The silver much decayed.
8622 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Silver ring spacers with between them small beads of silver, lapis and carnelian The silver beads in very bad condition. Order thus [reference to drawing] see field notes. [drawing]
8644 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Bugles of lapis (and hematite?). Silver beads and a few carnelian rings. For order see field notes.
8647 (none) (none) (none) Beads Small lapis lentoids, and one or two carnelian rings.
8653 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 10 gold, 10 silver, and 3 carnelian. Found in a group apparently preserving the order in which they were sewn, as bead embroidery, onto a garment: the small silver beads which completed the design were too decayed to be kept. See field notes. see drawing.
8657 (none) 1928,1009.79 (none) Beads. Lentoids, 1 gold, 2 carnelian, 2 lapis and 10 small lapis balls, strung as a bracelet with 2 small beads between each pair of larger ones.
8659 (none) (none) (none) Beads Small balls of carnelian and gold Strung alternately 10 of each
8667 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Lapis, carnelian, 1 chalcedony, 1 silver disk bead (broken) and two or three gold plated beads in bad condition. See field notes.
8669 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 2 large carnelian, 2 ditto lapis, and some copper beads. See field notes.
8670 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Crystal, gold plated, lapis and carnelian, and one agate with gold caps. See field notes.
8686 (none) (none) (none) Beads. A mixed lot of lapis, carnelian, steatite, sard, etc. from a single string.
8687 (none) (none) B16961 Beads. Large lentoids. 2 lapis, 1 gold, 1 carnelian, and a broken carnelian lentoid: with these small carnelian rings strung between the large.
8704 (none) 1928,1009.61 (none) Necklace Consisting of 111 lapis lazuli beads - double conoids 26 gold double conoids Apparently the gold beads were in the centre of the necklace, gold and lapis being alternated.
8719 (none) (none) (none) 4 carnelian beads Flattened double conoids

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