A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic and has a set chemical formula.  Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish various species, and are influenced by the mineral's geological environment.  They are described by characteristics such as habid, hardness, lustre, color, streak, clevage, fracture, parting, and specific gravity.  

The subdivisions of this category are based on scietific groups from the discipline of mineralogy.  

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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)
19529 (none) (none) (none) 2 Stone vases in stand. White calcite. Type JN 27
9704A (none) (none) (none) 2 Strings of beads. (a) Long double conoid lapis beads; 1 carnelian ditto; 1 chrysoprase? [not legible] ditto; 4 tubular agate beads; silver ball beads. (for order of stringing see Field Note) (b) 12 gold tubular beads; 8 gold diamonds; 7 carnelian diamonds; 1 banded crystal tube; 9 lapis tubes; 4 carnelian tubes; decayed silver diamonds and double conoids. (for order see Field Notes)
9704B (none) (none) (none) 2 Strings of beads. (a) Long double conoid lapis beads; 1 carnelian ditto; 1 chrysoprase? [not legible] ditto; 4 tubular agate beads; silver ball beads. (for order of stringing see Field Note) (b) 12 gold tubular beads; 8 gold diamonds; 7 carnelian diamonds; 1 banded crystal tube; 9 lapis tubes; 4 carnelian tubes; decayed silver diamonds and double conoids. (for order see Field Notes)
9590 (none) (none) B17584 3 Beads 1 broken carnelian lentoid 1 silver double conoid 1 copper double conoid Lentoid carnelian in middle
10532 (none) (none) B16784 3 Beads 2 Lapis double conoids 1 carnelian lentoid carnelian between the 2 lapis
10189 (none) 1928,1010.681 (none) 3 Beads One steatite lentoid; 2 carnelian barrels
9889 (none) (none) (none) 3 Beads Two carnelian ring beads, 1 lapis lentoid
8781B (none) (none) (none) 3 beads. [A] 1 bugle gold. [B] 1 bugle lapis. [C] 1 double conoid lapis.
8781C (none) (none) (none) 3 beads. [A] 1 bugle gold. [B] 1 bugle lapis. [C] 1 double conoid lapis.
13548 (none) (none) (none) 3 beads. Two large lapis ovoids roughly shaped. One bitumen double conoid. [drawing 1:1]
10947 (none) 1928,1010.103 (none) 3 Beads. 1 lapis diamond; 1 oblong agate; 1 flattened lapis lentoid. Found on the right shoulder of the queen with the calf amulet. U.10946. [drawing]
11873 (none) (none) (none) 3 Beads. 1 very long carnelian bugle. 1 equally long of wood & 1 (facetted) of lapis.
8266 (none) (none) (none) 3 beads. 2 carnelian double conoids. 1 _.
11522 (none) (none) (none) 3 Beads. Long double conoids, two lapis, one gold; probably from a frontlet though found by the throat.
12721 (none) 1929,1017.495 (none) 3 beads. Worn round forehead. 2 carnelian bugles and 1 silver bugle - (silver plated on wood (?)).
16382 (none) 1931,1010.230 (none) 3 beads: 2 jasper(?) double conoids; 1 facetted quartz lentoid.
14075 (none) (none) (none) 3 beads; 2 lapis cylindrical; 1 silver double conoid.
12039 30-12-607 (none) (none) 3 Carnelian Beads. Double conoids.
7666 (none) (none) (none) 3 complete carnelian beads. 2 fragments. One small lentoid, the rest large bugle beads slightly convex in the middle. One of the 3 complete beads broken and mended. Neo-Babylonian.
9211 (none) (none) (none) 3 Facetted Lentoid Beads 2 lapis, 1 gold
9538A (none) (none) B16911A 3 Haematite Weights [A-C] Lentoid shaped. Probably goldsmiths weights Type II Published in Vol. II The Royal Cemetery
9538B (none) (none) B16911B 3 Haematite Weights [A-C] Lentoid shaped. Probably goldsmiths weights Type II Published in Vol. II The Royal Cemetery
9538C (none) (none) B16911C 3 Haematite Weights [A-C] Lentoid shaped. Probably goldsmiths weights Type II Published in Vol. II The Royal Cemetery
14258 31-17-133 (none) (none) 3 large lentoid beads: 1 gold and 2 calcite(?).
14316 (none) (none) (none) 3 lentoid beads; 2 faceted lapis lazuli; 1 faceted gold.

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