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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8704 | (none) | 1928,1009.61 | (none) | Necklace Consisting of 111 lapis lazuli beads - double conoids 26 gold double conoids Apparently the gold beads were in the centre of the necklace, gold and lapis being alternated. |
| 8719 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 4 carnelian beads Flattened double conoids |
| 8748 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 30 beads. Original order. Silver and lapis alternating with an unusual[?] carnelian. Ball beads lentoids and double conoids. In the middle of the string a carnelian bugle bead and on either side of it a silver ball bead. Against one of the ball beads the cylinder seal U.8747. The cylinder seal and the long carnelian bead thus formed the centre pieces of the necklace. In the necklace a carnelian barrel bead worked with engraved white lines thus - [drawing] |
| 8761 | (none) | 1928,1009.91 | (none) | Necklace. 12 burnt lentoids, Lapis beads. 6 burnt double conoid lapis. 7 ribbed lapis ball beads. 7 double conoid carnelians. 1 carnelian shaped thus: [drawing]. The rest small carnelian and lapis ring ball and barrel beads - 25. Grand total 58. The lapis lentoids and carnelian double conoids were strung alternately in the middle of the necklace - at the back of the neck all the small lapis beads were strung together. |
| 8904 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Small lapis and carnelian with lapis phallic amulet. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8919 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A string of moderately large beads, balls of gold foil over copper (in bad condition) and lapis, with a few carnelian, one of the latter a bugle with gold cap. |
| 8921 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small silver and carnelian beads, (NB: Some of these are mixed up with U.8920) |
| 8931A | (none) | (none) | B16797 | [A] Beads. A quantity of lapis beads, many double conoids, one large square, some bugles and some small ball beads: also, a few fairly large carnelian rings: found with and presumably strung up with U.8931B | |
| 8931B | (none) | (none) | B16799 | [B] Beads. 5 pendants of bleached carnelian set in gold [drawing] 2 pendants of fluted spear shaped lapis beads set in gold 1 pendant, carnelian set in gold 1 pendant, gold mulberry leaf (broken) 1 gold bugle bead 4 v. small gold ball beads. |
| 8954 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1 carnelian bugle, and a set of mixed small beads: lapis, carnelian, & silver. |
| 8957 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A small mixed set: 1 gold over copper, 1 onyx, 2 crystal, and some lapis, and carnelian (child's necklace) |
| 8962 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small gold, silver, lapis and carnelian. For order see Field Notes. |
| 9008 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 42 lapis lazuli beads: blackened by fire. Double conoids, lantoids, roughly shaped ball beads, 1 large carnelian ring. |
| 9012 | (none) | (none) | B17041 | 5 Beads 3 carnelian and 2 copper ball beads Two of the carnelian are bugle beads One is a double conoid Original order [shown in drawing]. [drawing shows shapes of beads in sequence: bugle, ball, bugle, ball, conoid] | |
| 9018 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads 19 in all Small lapis, gold and carnelian barrel beads, a few ring beads and 2 large copper beads. |
| 9030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. About 20. Minute carnelian and lapis ring beads. A carnelian barrel bead - a lapis ball bead. |
| 9088 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Minute gold ball beads &minute carnelian barrel beads Original order: 3 gold beads to 1 carnelian. |
| 9089 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace About 85 beads Silver & lapis lozenge shaped beads, slightly convex: 1 banded sard, lapis barrel & double conoid, & carnelian of similar type. Also, 2 carnelian bugle beads For order of stringing cf. Field Note PG 544 (18) |
| 9129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small carnelian rings, long bugles, and lapis beads small mixed. |
| 9143 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small lentoids of lapis & gold (thin plate over copper), with a few carnelians: strung in sets of 6. See field notes. one strings |
| 9153 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads & Seal 1 very long carnelian bugle, i ditto. green jasper, 2 crystal rings and 2 gold balls: on the end a silver button seal with engraved face: subject not decipherable. [drawing] |
| 9164 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Acorn? of lapis and carnelian [drawing] |
| 9165A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Small string of lapis and carnelian, mixed types. |
| 9201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Silver double conoids and carnelian ring beads alternately, also, a few carnelian beads. In the middle a banded sard. 38 beads in all |
| 9231 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads Lapis lozenges, 1 carnelian bugle and copper ball beads. |
Related Terms
Agate - Chrysoprase - Jasper - Sard
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