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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17371 | (none) | 1931,1010.244 | (none) | Beads. Glass paste lentoids. Glass paste ring beads, small green.; Carnelian oval flat bead engraved thus: [reference to drawing]; Lapis lazuli ball bead. 1 jasper?; Double conoid. Dark green. 1 greenish quartzite double conoid. [drawing] |
| 17373 | (none) | 1931,1010.221 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian dodecadonal. 1 dark grey stone double conoid. 1 agate tubular bead. Glass paste lentoids, minute. |
| 17375 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bracelet. Copper ring beads and double conoids with ridged ends. Carnelian balls, ring beads, double conoids, rock crystal scaraboid. Hematite (?) (?) Barrel. Rock crystal ball bead. 5 greenish glass paste scaraboids one with quasi hieroglyphic signs other with criss cross pattern, star and conventionalized tree. For order see field notet. Also hematite pendant oval, flat, crescent moon and 2 gazelles, mother giving such to young. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17383 | (none) | 1931,1010.223 | (none) | Beads. Glass paste. Balls. Green. Cylindrical. White stone. Carnelian. Large lentoid. Glass paste (?) rectangular head. |
| 17409 | (none) | 1931,1010.231 | (none) | Two bead. One carnelian ring bead. One reddish brown jasper thus: [reference to drawing] Tab anal. [drawing] |
| 17411 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1 carnelian ring bead. 1 Carnelian double conoid. 1 elongated sard (?) double conoid. |
| 17417 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1 amethyst facetted. 1 marble lentoid. 1 carnelian double conoid. 1 steatite lentoid. 1 frit lentoid. 2 glass paste flattened tubular beads, lozenge shaped in section. |
| 17420 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Silver balls and rings. 1 carnelian barrel. 1 agate barrel. 2 facetted amethysts. |
| 17441 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian with white bands (a lentoid). Quartz. Agate. |
| 17646 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads about 70 of rock crystal, agate, carnelian, steatite and granite (?). With them, an object in white limestone a disk (badly chipped) pierced in the center, flat and with slight mushroom stem and a second hole in the flat part. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17673 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cube. Yellow carnelian. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17774 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead. Carnelian. Artificially bleached border. Twice normal size. [possible reference to scale of drawing] [drawing] |
| 17778 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 4 lentoids carnelian. 1 flat barrel agate. Fragment of crescent agate. 1 flat lentoid amber (?) |
| 17779 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 31 gold ribbed balls. 6 flat lentoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 10 flat lentoid lapis. |
| 17781 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 3 lentoid carnelian. 3 barrel carnelian. 6 ball carnelian. 2 ring carnelian. 1 pendant carnelian. |
| 17783 | (none) | 1932,1008.141 | (none) | Beads. 1 gold facetted lentoid. 13 lentoid carnelian. 3 balls carnelian. 1 turquoise pendant. 1 flat barrel steatite. 1 ring steatite. 1 flat lentoid paste. |
| 17787A | (none) | 1932,1008.107 | (none) | Beads. 2 double conoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 5 double conoid silver. 3 barrel agate. 31 flat lentoid agate. 1 flat lentoid steatite. Necklace of 17 agates, rectangular with vesical section. Necklace of 23 lentoid agates and 14 gold balls. |
| 17787B | (none) | 1932,1008.119 | (none) | Beads. 2 double conoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 5 double conoid silver. 3 barrel agate. 31 flat lentoid agate. 1 flat lentoid steatite. Necklace of 17 agates, rectangular with vesical section. Necklace of 23 lentoid agates and 14 gold balls. |
| 17798 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1 bugle carnelian. 1 bleached carnelian. 2 lentoid carnelian. 2 ball carnelian. 2 flat lentoid crystal. A necklace composed of 9 diamond carnelian, 11 lentoid carnelian, 14 gold lentoid. |
| 17799A | (none) | 1935,0113.452 | (none) | Beads. 2 lentoid agate. 2 flat lentoid catseye. 1 lentoid carnelian. 2 ball carnelian. 4 gold balls. 4 copper balls covered with gold. |
| 17800B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: From one grave. (A) Gold fillet, a twisted ribbon: very thin, poor metal. (B) Beads: Small carnelian balls and very small gold balls, fluted. (C) Copper pin, straight, with carnelian ball head. (D) Copper finger ring. |
| 17801B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: From one grave. (A) [A and D] 2 gold earrings, small hollow lunette type. (B) [B and E based on museum divisions] Beads: lentoids, bugles, flattened lentoids of barrels of crystal, agate, marble, lapis, carnelian, and a cat's eye: also, probably from a separate string, small balls of carnelian and of copper plated with gold foil - the latter mostly perished. (C) [C and F] 2 plain copper bangles, one broken. |
| 17803B | (none) | 1932,1008.22 | (none) | Group. From One burial. (A) One gold earring, small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads, two strings, one of very small carnelian balls alternating with very small fluted gold balls and gold double conoids. A second string of lapis lazuli and mother of pearl or shell flat lozenge-shaped beads pierced through the middle of the flat sides. |
| 17803C | (none) | 1932,1008.115 | (none) | Group. From One burial. (A) One gold earring, small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads, two strings, one of very small carnelian balls alternating with very small fluted gold balls and gold double conoids. A second string of lapis lazuli and mother of pearl or shell flat lozenge-shaped beads pierced through the middle of the flat sides. |
| 17804D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. From one burial. (A) Gold fillet: Very thin ribbon, broken. (B) [B and E] Two gold earrings, small hollow lunate types. (C) [C and F] Two gold finger rings, hoops of metal bent so as to make a rigid or double bend. (D) Beads: 3 very small gold balls, carnelian, agate, lapis and chalcedony lentoids, barrels flattened oblong and double conoids; only a few. |
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