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)
(none) 92-4-320 (none) (none) (none)
10975B 83-7-1.3 (none) B17046b Beads. A string of decorated gold pipe beads, 22mm, long, with small gold balls,etc . 21 tubular carnelian, 2 gold, 3 lapis. 27 gold balls (17050 = U 10975-79, 80-81). REACCESSIONED AS 83-7-1.
15145 37-17-64 (none) (none) Beads: 4 carnelian & 1 silver ( on a bitumen core) elongated double conoids.
19026A 35-1-99A (none) (none) [A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B.1-.2] Also two silver earrings.
19251 35-1-94 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian cylinders, quartzite cylinders, lapis cylinders, balls and ovals.
19951 35-1-93 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian tubular, lapis rings and tubular.
19047 35-1-92 (none) (none) Beads: carnelian large date-shaped (broken) and rings; steatite barrel; agate tubular; small paste tubes and date-shaped; and 3 frog amulets, steatite. (22 in all).
19250 35-1-91 (none) (none) Beads. Lapis barrels, carnelian rings, lapis cylinder, long paste date-shaped, quartzite flattened hexagonal.
19859 35-1-90 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, medium size (worn in 2 parallel strings)
19972 35-1-89 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, small.
19852 35-1-88 (none) (none) Beads. Small carnelian rings.
20031 35-1-87 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, balls and cylinders. Lapis balls.
20035.2 35-1-86 (none) (none) [.1-.2] Beads. Small carnelian and lapis short cylinders, paste rings, and one flat oval carnelian.
19234 35-1-85 (none) (none) Carnelian rings.
20029 35-1-84 (none) (none) Beads. Small carnelian rings.
19857 35-1-83 (none) (none) Beads. Large carnelian rings.
19575.2 35-1-82 (none) (none) [.1-.7] Beads. Carnelian and chalcedony [drawing], carnelian tubes and balls, lapis and marble balls, shell date-shaped : a very large collection : 1 gold
19252 35-1-81 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19258 35-1-80 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
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.
19180 35-1-76 (none) (none) Beads. Lapis and carnelian rings; lapis tubes; lapis and carnelian truncated triangles.
19861 35-1-74 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and a few carnelian and lapis cylinders
19127 35-1-73 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and balls and very small glaze balls and tubes.
19945 35-1-71 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian cylinders and rings, lapis ditto, 2 large chalcedony flattened ovals (one broken and ground down to half).
19235 35-1-68 (none) (none) Beads. Four shell tubes (one borken); four carnelian and four crystal rings.

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