Carnelian
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.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11939 | (none) | 1929,1017.302 | (none) | Beads. Mixed sorts = see field notes |
| 1661 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mixed set, carnelian, shell, agate, etc., and one large gold bead. Brought in together. |
| 17898 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mixed lot, off many shapes and materials, found in or just below the floor of an early Neo-Babylonian level and presumably of that date, though some may well be old beads re-used. Shapes include ball, ring, cylinder, rhomboid, diamond, date shaped, elliptical, polygonal, double conoid, poppyseed, chisel, pear pendant, one miniature celt. Materials include carnelian, marble, steatite, sard, calcite, quartz, amethyst, agate, mother of pearl, shell, glazed frit, limestone (?), granite, hematite, crystal. |
| 18555 | 33-35-146 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long rings of cowrie and other shells, shell rings and tubular, large flat rings of black stone, lapis cylindrical and balls, carnelian cylindrical. | |
| 11807 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long lentoids of gold, lapis & carnelian in sets of 4 (see Field Notes). |
| 11743A | 30-12-449 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743B | (none) | 1929,1017.265 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743C | (none) | 1929,1017.266 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743D | (none) | 1929,1017.267 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743E | (none) | 1929,1017.268 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743F | (none) | 1929,1017.269 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743G | (none) | 1929,1017.270 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743H | (none) | 1929,1017.271 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743I | (none) | 1929,1017.272 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743J | (none) | 1929,1017.273 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743K | (none) | 1929,1017.274 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743M | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). |
| 11743P | 30-12-639 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743S | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). |
| 11585 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long bugles of gold, lapis and carnelian (one of the latter with bleached pattern) and ball heads of the same materials: for order see Field Notes. |
| 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. |
| 17031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Larger beads formed a necklace, smaller a bracelet carnelian discoids, rings, balls. Glass paste balls. Miniature glass paste puzuzu heads. 1 silver ball bead. [additional notes on back of card] |
| 8572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large. 3 carnelian and 8 lapis and 1 gold. |
| 18439 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large shell tubular bead, date-shaped calcite head flattened on one end, carnelian rings and very small small rings and a few large ditto and one large ring of black stone. |
| 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. |
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Agate - Chrysoprase - Jasper - Sard
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