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)
11124 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Ribbed carnelian bugle bead, lapis double conoid, unusually long carnelian bugle, lapis double conoid, strung in that order. Plain carnelian bugle is broken and mended.
11147.1 (none) (none) B 17633 Beads. Lapis bugles and carnelian rings being the remains of a headdress (the rest had been plundered).
11204 (none) (none) (none) Beads. (7). Large lapis double conoid; oolite? barrel bead; 2 gold ring beads; 2 carnelian ball beads; 1 rock crystal double conoid.
11205 (none) (none) (none) Necklace. Long carnelian bugle bead. Lapis diamonds. Carnelian & gold rings. For order see Field Note.
11211 (none) (none) B17599 Beads. (7). 1 Flattened steatite double conoid-grey. 1 carnelian double conoid. 1 black steatite bead with incised markings; shaped like a truncated cone. 2 carnelian ring beads. 1 gold ring bead. 1 grey steatite bead square in section - tubular. [drawing 1:1]
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)
11223 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 2 lapis: lentoids, facetted, one broken. Wood (?) lentoid, 2 carnelian rings, also one silver earring.
11230B (none) (none) (none) Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian & lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [C.1-.2] Pair large lunate gold earrings. (D) Silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials-gold, silver & shell. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with bent heads capped by a lapis ball head. Type VI. (F) Necklace of fluted lapis ball beads. (G) Frontlet of beads in 7 rows, gold, bugle, carnelian ring beads, lapis bugles. (H) Necklace of lapis & gold triangles. (I) Necklace of alternate lapis & silver double conoids. (J) Miniature vase of light drab clay, part of rim missing.
11230G (none) (none) (none) Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian & lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [C.1-.2] Pair large lunate gold earrings. (D) Silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials-gold, silver & shell. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with bent heads capped by a lapis ball head. Type VI. (F) Necklace of fluted lapis ball beads. (G) Frontlet of beads in 7 rows, gold, bugle, carnelian ring beads, lapis bugles. (H) Necklace of lapis & gold triangles. (I) Necklace of alternate lapis & silver double conoids. (J) Miniature vase of light drab clay, part of rim missing.
11411 30-12-580 (none) (none) Beads. Gold, carnelian, lapis, agate and paste. For original order see tomb notes.
11412 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 3 only. 1-carnelian bugle; 1-long limestone lentoid; 1-red and white breccia (?) found tied round the left upper arm.
11417 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Re-string in original order. Lapis, carnelian and jasper.
11444 (none) (none) (none) Beads. A few small beads of lapis, carnelian and shell, found together but not in order.
11450 30-12-496 (none) (none) Beads. Small, 1 of gold leaf over bitumen, lapis, silver and carnelian.
11451 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Small mixed beads: carnelian, silver, lapis. (for original order see tomb notes.
11477 30-12-465 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian and lapis, bugles & lentoids; a few ball-heads of dark wood (ebony?) most of which fell to pieces. For order see Field Notes.
11485 (none) (none) (none) Beads. One long bead of white shell, and a number of small lapis and carnelian beads, lentoids and balls. [drawing 1:1]
11501 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Small lapis & carnelian & silver. see Field Notes.
11508 (none) (none) (none) Duck weight carnelian. Type VI. [drawing 1:1]
11521B (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group. Consisting (A) A gold frontlet, oval decorated edge with half-punctured dots, as also round the string-holes at each end: broken & parts missing. (B) Beads: a quantity of small lapis balls & a string of gold & carnelian bugles with lapis balls (see Field Notes) (C) A string-sealing of bitumen, a flattened ovoid.
11531 30-12-451 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelians, lapis & chrysoprases (?) see Field Notes.
11535 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Gold, silver, carnelian & lapis. 4 large carnelian & 2 silver diamonds, the rest small balls, etc. See Field Notes.
11558 (none) (none) (none) (beads) Wreath. Small gold ring pendants hanging from 3 rows of lapis & carnelian beads (See Field Notes) (NB most of the beads are in the mixed collection: than kept with the gold rings show the types to be used in re-stringing.)
11559 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Pandants of gold, lapis & carnelian (with spacers) strung on rows of very small lapis, carnelian & gold beads (see Field Notes). (Most of the beads are in the mixed collection: those kept with the pendants show the type to be used in re-stringing).
11560 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Lapis, gold, carnelian & shell forming a belt. (See Field Notes). NB = Most of the beads are in the mixed collection. Then put apart in a cigarette box an almost [illegible 3 word phrase] of the same belt.)

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Agate - Chrysoprase - Jasper - Sard