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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
 | 19054 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings and truncated triangles and one diamond: lapis diamonds and balls: paste long date-shaped. |
| 14056 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings, 1 barrel and 1 double conoid. 2 lapis double conoids. |
| 19055 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings, cylindrical and balls and double conoids: lapis balls, ovals, and double conoids: ribbed paste: steatite frog amulet, and mother-of-pearl bird amulet [drawing 1:1] |
| 16197 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings, one cats eye, one lapis ring |
| 15488 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings. A few paste cylindrical lapis lazuli paste ring beads - minute, a large number. |
| 16764 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings; 1 hematite and 2 brown stone lentoids. |
| 16115 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian rings; white sard lentoid; green glaze balls; paste lentoids; amethyst double conoids; breceia triangle, agate barrels and lapis paste. (for order of stringing see Field Note). |
| 19030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian tubes and date-shaped; 1 lapis double conid; small carnelian rings; paste balls and some silver. |
| 16727 | (none) | 1931,1010.219 | (none) | Beads: Carnelian, lapis lazuli, agate, quartz, lentoids, bugles, double conoids, rings and a lapis lazuli frog amulet. |
| 19021 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: flattened oval agate, lapis tubes and double concoid, crystal balls, carnelian date-shaped and carnelian ball with bleached concentric circles. |
| 16703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: Glass balls and rings; 1 yellow glass paste double conoid; carnelian balls and rings; 1 white calcite(?) ball. |
| 15312 | 31-17-67 | (none) | (none) | Beads: gold, lapis, carnelian, agate, limestone |
| 18887 | (none) | 1935,0112.78 | (none) | Beads: Gold, two nasturtium seeds and five four-flanged beads: 6 carnelian date-shaped, 4 lapis ditto., and 1 lapis cylinder. |
| 19027 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: lapis double conoids and ovals; 1 large lapis date-shaped; carnelian rings. |
| 15317 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: Lapis, chalcedony, carnelian & agate (see Field Notes) the carnelian ball bead has a bleached pattern of crossed : the bleached carnelian is known in the main cemetery period, and this is the latest dated example except for the big Sargonid gold grave of 1928/9: the cross is usually called Kassite & its appearance thus early is important. [drawing] |
| 18995 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: large chalcedony date-shaped, chalcedony balls, granite flattened date-shaped, limestone ditto, crystal ditto, crystal, carnelian and chalcedony balls, silver balls. |
| 18932 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: large steatite barrel, carnelian double conoids, date-shaped and balls; agate barrels and date-shaped; crystal date-shaped; carnelian tubular, long steatite, long date-shaped, engraved paste rings. Restrung in original order. [drawing] |
| 16697 | 31-43-147 | (none) | (none) | Beads: Mostly lentoids. Jasper, carnelian, granite, agate, sard, lapis, quartz. A few carnelian balls and double conoids. | |
| 18990 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: one very long carnelian tubular, carnelian date-shaped and rings, lapis balls, chalcedony barrel. crystal ring. |
| 16714 | 31-43-128 | (none) | (none) | Beads: Small carnelian rings and a pair of agate barrels, (silver earrings: handwritten entry ). [the handwritten entry is on UPM typed version, not on original card; probably are earrings marked with this U# in collection] | |
| 19035 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: small lapis barrels, balls, and double conoids; carnelian rings, barrels and tubes, two of the latter with white bleached patterns of concentric circles. |
| 18962 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: small string of lapis diamonds, carnelian rings and tubular (one square in section, one round), steatite cylinder and diamond. |
| 19051 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: two or three carnelian barrels; lapis tubes, 4 small balls or barrels; and small rings of glazed frit; three lapis frog amulets. |
| 18953 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads; carnelian and lapis date-shaped (large), carnelian double conoid and barrel, and rings, and small lapis cylindrical; one agate date-shaped. Restrung in original order. |
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Agate - Chrysoprase - Jasper - Sard
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