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)
14215 (none) (none) B8951 Beads. Carnelian cylindrical; lapis barrels.
19185 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian date-shaped (short): lapis date-shaeped, double conoid and one flattened cylinder.
19255 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and a few lapis beads, small balls and flattened ovals.
19127 35-1-73 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and balls and very small glaze balls and tubes.
19182 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and balls; lapis double conoids, ovals and tubes; lapis diamond (large) and one large carnelian.
19203 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and one flattened rectangular, small tubes, ovals and date-shaped. These were strung together in groups, about 8 of each together.
19233 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and one shell tube.
19256 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, black steatite rings (large), shell and black steatite tubes(large), calcite button, very small shell (or paste) rings.
19076 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, date-shaped and tubular; paste date-shaped(1); lapis double conoid, barrel and tube; and small paste rings; 2 lapis frog amulets.
19232 (none) 1935,0112.83 (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, one cylindrical, and a few lapis balls.
19252 35-1-81 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19258 35-1-80 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19259 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19231 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnleian rings and two steatite(?) barrels.
19235 35-1-68 (none) (none) Beads. Four shell tubes (one borken); four carnelian and four crystal rings.
16695 (none) 1931,1010.247 (none) Beads. Glass paste: blue and yellow rings. 1 carnelian lentoid.
14277 (none) 1930,1213.516, 1930,1213.517 (none) Beads. Glazed barrels and 1 lapis double conoid; 1 carnelian ring bead.
15188 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Glazed frit lentoids; carnelian lentoids.
18880 35-1-77 (none) (none) Beads. Gold double conoids, thin and poor, carnelian double conoids, rings, diamonds, and one ribbed date-shaped, and one pear-shaped with bleached pattern, [drawing] agate tubular and date-shaped, and lapis date-shaped. 49 in all. Restrung mostly in the original order.
14219 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Lapis & carnelian barrels. About a dozen.
15106 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Lapis & carnelian ring beads and a few shell. All minute. Order see Field note.
19181 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Lapis and carnelian double conoids, Lapis ovals. Carnelian rings. Large cats-eye and white calcite truncated triangle.
19180 35-1-76 (none) (none) Beads. Lapis and carnelian rings; lapis tubes; lapis and carnelian truncated triangles.
19250 35-1-91 (none) (none) Beads. Lapis barrels, carnelian rings, lapis cylinder, long paste date-shaped, quartzite flattened hexagonal.
19239 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Lapis double concoids and one carnelian cylinder.

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