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)
18484 33-35-150 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
18521 (none) 1933,1013.168 (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
18580 33-35-147 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19863 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19864 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19865 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19868 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19943 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19946 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
20030 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings.
19972 35-1-89 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, small.
19859 35-1-90 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, medium size (worn in 2 parallel strings)
19973 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, large shell tubes (decayed) and rings, hematite rings.
18460 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, lapis rings, 2 lapis tubular and one ball.
18582 (none) (none) B 16723 Beads. Carnelian rings, lapis cylindrical and 2 white steatite beads.
20031 35-1-87 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, balls and cylinders. Lapis balls.
19950 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, a few lapis, shell rings, long shell ovals (flat) and large shell and hematite rings.
18459 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, 1 agate and 1 dark steatite cylindrical, 2 pink limestone short tubes and some shell rings.
18430 (none) 1933,1013.169 (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and white shell tubes and rings.
18441 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and two barrel-shaped of black steatite and 1 shell cylindrical.
18554 33-35-145 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and shell cylindrical, the latter coarsely made.
18476 (none) 1933,1013.170 (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and one tubular.
18576 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and one short tube of white frit probably once glazed.
18581 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and one cylindrical of black stone.
16692 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and lozenges; glass paste rings and balls; rock crystal flattened lentoid.

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