This material comes in every color. Usually found in sand, Used in glass and as gemstones.

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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)
15193 (none) 1930,1213.96 (none) Beads. Amethyst, carnelian and glzed frit. Faceted lentoids, 4-faced - lonzenge shaped in section, and hexagonal amethyst lentoids. Carnelian rings and balls, convex on either side and elliptical in section.
15305C (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A and D] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (B) String of 10 large beads from neck; calcite, chalcedony, steatite, copper and jasper; (C) String of small beads, lapis, agate, crystal, carnelian.
15403 (none) 1930,1213.95 (none) Beads: Amethysts. Faceted double conoids & 3-sided lentoids. Agate. Tubular beads and heart-shaped pendant. Carnelian ring beads & faceted balls. Onyx: barrel.
15454 (none) (none) (none) Necklace. 2 decorated gold beads - fluted. 3 gold clusters; each a composite group of 5 small gold balls in 2 layers. Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, & jasper double conoids. [drawing]
15462 (none) (none) (none) Beads: carnelian double conoids & cylindrical; lapis lazuli cylindrical; 2 gold balls; 1 rock crystal ball; 1 silver decorated head. [drawing] TA
15487 (none) (none) (none) Beads: carnelian rings; onyx barels; paste balls; 1 faceted amethyst cylindrical.
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).
16136 (none) (none) (none) Beads: glass paste double conoids: ball beads; pear shaped; 1 plain amethystine; quartz scaraboid; 1 lapis paste cuboid.
16141C 31-43-136 (none) (none) Amulets. Frit. [A-B] A Pair. Miniature clenched fists perforated for suspension. [From Typed Transcript Only] [C] Necklace: Carnelian, lapis, bone, rock crystal, agate, amethyst. [D] Gold finger ring and [E] bone. [F] copper finger ring
16142 31-43-133 (none) (none) Beads: lapis paste double conoids: glazed frit double conoids; 1 amethystine quartz concial bead. [drawing]
16167 (none) (none) (none) Flat seal. Oval quartz. Engraved with design of winged dragon.
16205 (none) (none) (none) Beads: Dark steatite scaraboid, on the base a scorpion roughly drawn. Glazed scarab (glaze gone); and some glazed lentoid beads, one of pink pebble, one crystal bead & a big hematite ball bead. [drawing]
16212 (none) (none) (none) Beads: A mixed lot of paste, carnelian, agate, jasper, cats eye, crystal, breccia, sard, hematite, lapis, copper, amethyst. Order not kept.
16254 31-43-122 (none) (none) Weight 1.6 GRS. Flattened lentoid. Crystal. White 11 little sheqels (nominal weight 1.54 grs.). Type II
16285 (none) (none) (none) Beads: mostly amethyst. 4 facetted flattened lentoids, with these some squares of banded sard, small carnelian balls and some paste and shell rings, and a crescent-shaped pendant of agate. For order see Field Notes.
16368 (none) (none) (none) Necklace. Carnelian: balls, double conoids, lentoids, rings & 2 bugles. Quartz: balls, double conoids. Jasper: 1 flattened double conoid, 1 barrel. Agate:barrel.
16372 (none) (none) (none) Necklace. Large beads. Quartz, glass paste, jasper, sandstone(?) lentoids. For order see Field Note.
16375 (none) (none) (none) Necklace. Carnelian, lapis lazuli, quartz, sard, mottled stone, variegated glass(?), rings, barrels, flattened double conoids. for order of stringing see Field Note.
16376 (none) 1931,1010.225 (none) Beads: 2 carnelian balls; 1 jasper double conoid; 1 quartz lentoid; 2 puzuzu head amulets. [drawing 1:1]
16382 (none) 1931,1010.230 (none) 3 beads: 2 jasper(?) double conoids; 1 facetted quartz lentoid.
1640 (none) (none) (none) String of beads. (36) Ball beads of carnelian and rock crystal with cat's eye center.
1641 (none) (none) (none) String of beads. (39) Mixed shapes in carnelian, rock crystal, lapis lazuli, etc., with central bead of lapis wound round with gold wire.
16653 31-43-154 (none) (none) Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads.
16658 31-43-143 (none) (none) Beads. Painted amethyst lentoids and double concoids. Agate balls and barrels. Glass ball bead. 1 copper tubular bead.
16685 (none) 1931,1010.256 (none) Beads. Carnelian: balls and rings and double conoids. Amethyst: double conoids. Lapis lazuli: balls and rings. Agate: lentoids, barrels. Glass paste: lentoids, balls, rings.

Child Terms

Amethyst - Rock Crystal