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)
19860 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings. Small, and a few lapis
19093 (none) (none) (none) Beads. carnelian rings; lapis and steatite(?) tubes; lapis rings and ovals.
18438 (none) 1933,1013.166 (none) Beads. Carnelian tubes, large and small. Lapis cylindrical, balls and flattened balls, one chalcedony flattened oval, one carneliandate shaped, on agate date-shaped.
18438 (none) 1933,1013.166 (none) Beads. Carnelian tubes, large and small. Lapis cylindrical, balls and flattened balls, one chalcedony flattened oval, one carneliandate shaped, on agate date-shaped.
19951 35-1-93 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian tubular, lapis rings and tubular.
18433 33-35-148 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian tumbler.
17441 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian with white bands (a lentoid). Quartz. Agate.
8018A (none) 1928,1009.81, 1928,1009.89 (none) Beads. Carnelian, agate, lapis and gold. [A] One string was of carnelian and gold. [B] One string of lapis and gold. [C] Agate beads were found touching each other end to end, so should form a string.
18153 32-40-259 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian, agate, quartz, lapis and frit date shaped, lapis tubular, carnelian balls, and a circular handled stamp seal of frit with plain criss cross pattern below.
17968 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian, chisel pendants, pop-eyed pendant, date shaped, cylindrical, ring, ball-shaped. Agate, rhomboid, date-shaped. Gold, 1 ball-shaped.
17971 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian, date-shaped, double conoid, ring, ball-shaped.
17094 31-43-129 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian, lentoids, square section tubes, ring beds. Agate double conoids, lentoids, one ball bead. Amethyst double conoids. Not in tab anal.
17038 31-43-140 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian, quartz and a few lapis lazuli lentoids and double conoids.
14440B (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian, red jasper, copper, agate, quartzite double conoids.
17967 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian, ring, ball, biconvex square, date-shaped, double conoid, cylindrical. Agate, elliptical, biconvex square.
663A (none) (none) B15260 Beads. Carnelian, with a few bugles +other shaped of paste, crystal, + lapis strung up in 2 strings. A Carnelian. B Mixed.
18221A (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. (A) Date-shaped and barrels. (B) Poppy seeds: brought in together and probably from one tomb: with them a number of very small carnelian which probably went with the poppy seeds.
18221B (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. (A) Date-shaped and barrels. (B) Poppy seeds: brought in together and probably from one tomb: with them a number of very small carnelian which probably went with the poppy seeds.
18271 (none) 1933,1013.158 (none) Beads. Carnelian. Date shaped, some of them roughly facetted. With them, fragments of a lunate gold earring, very thin metal, broken.
8010 (none) (none) B17667 Beads. Carnelian. Mostly minute ring beads. With them a few small balls etc.
18201A 32-40-254 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and chisel shaped pendants.
18201B 32-40-257 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and chisel shaped pendants.
18203A (none) 1932,1008.111 (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and poppy seed pendants.
18203 32-40-256 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and poppy seed pendants.
18202A (none) 1932,1008.114 (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and rod pendants.

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