Lapis Lazuli

Lapis is a deep blue stone that is mottled with white calcite and brassy pyrite. It has a mohs scale of 5-5.5 and has a dull luster.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
9812A	(none)	1928,1010.176	(none)	Necklace. 2 strings of beads. (A) Upper string: smaller beads - gold, carnelian and a few lapis. For order cf. Field Notes. (B) Lower string: larger beads - jasper, banded sard, mottled stone, agate.
12152	30-12-585	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 2 large facetted lentoids; 1 facetted carnelian. Small lapis barrels.
7644	(none)	1928,1009.98	(none)	Necklace. 12 double conoid carnelian beads. 5 double conoid silver beads. 1 dark green lentoid, basic diorite? All charred by fire.
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.
7619	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 113 beads. Mostly yellowish frit. 2 double conoid lapis lazuli, 1 double conoid carnelian and 1 carnelian ball bead.
13556	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Steatite, lapis and carnelian beads. 1 flattened calcite double conoid. For order see Field note.
15410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis lazuli double conoids. Three strings.
14088	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis lazuli beads. Burnt.
14325	31-17-97	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis lazuli barrels & ovoid beads and a lapis pendant in form of a half cylinder (section). [drawing]
13523	31-17-60	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis double conoids. Carnelian ring beads. Burnt hematite(?) ring beads. Lapis ball beads. 2 lapis frog amulets. String in original order, cf. Field note.
14029	31-17-147	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Gold and lapis ovoid beads. For order see Field note. With a sard clasp flattened ovoid shaped. [drawing]
14036	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Gold & lapis ovoid beads. 4 strings of beads. The strings were all fastened through a circular clasp of lapis lazuli. For order see field note.
14335	(none)	1930,1213.92	(none)	Necklace. Glazed frit(?) fluted double conoids; 1 lapis lazuli double conoid; 1 rock crystal cylindrical; 1 carnelian ring bead.
14047	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 4 strings of beads. Lapis lazuli double conoids; carnelian cylindrical; 2 gold double conoids; 2 pendants - one of lapis lazuli, one of carnelian; One flattened double conoid, one flattened ovoid. For order of stringing see Field Note.
14002	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 38 lapis double conoids.
14273	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 3 strings. Lapis & gold double conoids; lapis & carnelian minute ring beads.
14333	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 3 strings of beads; lapis barrels; carnelian rings; hematite ring beads; lapis cylindricals. For approximate order see Field Note. Also 2 lapis pendants thus: [drawing 1:1]
14317	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 3 strings lapis lazuli ovoids with 1 truncated cone lapis lazuli pendant.
14007	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 2 strings of beads. Lapis lazuli and a few carnelian rings clasped at back by a lapis pendant, 1 lapis cylindrical bead. [drawing 1:1]
8137	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 90 lapis lazuli beads. Double conoids. Ball beads and a few lentoids.
8441	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 29 beads. Consisting of: 1 gold ring spacer (gold ring attached to a piece of gold foil bent so as to form six loops) 2 gold ball beads 1 gold barrel bead 1 gold bugle bead 5 barrel carnelians 1 double conoid carnelian 4 carnelian ring beads 6 lapis lazuli double conoids 8 small lapis beads [drawing] gold spacer (slightly enlarged)
8439	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 29 beads in all 10 barrel carnelian, 4 silver double conoids the rest lapis double conoids. Found in ground in following order: 1 silver 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 hematite?? 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 large lapis 1 silver 3 lapis 1 carnelian 4 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian ETC Carnelian barrel beads, silver and lapis double conoids.
8127	(none)	(none)	B16795	Necklace. 158 lapis lazuli double conoids. 51 gold double conoids. 1 double conoid facetted gold bead. [drawing] not to scale. Beads apparently strung in the following order. 3 small lapis. 1 large lapis. 3 small lapis. 2 gold beads. 3 small lapis. 1 large lapis. 3 small lapis. 2 gold beads.
9800A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. (A) Consisting of 2 strings of beads. Upper string: 2 small lapis double conoids and 2 silver diamonds strung alternately; silver beads decayed. (B) Lower string: 2 carnelian double conoids, 1 glazed lentoid strung alternatively; glazed beads mostly perished.
9008	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 42 lapis lazuli beads: blackened by fire. Double conoids, lantoids, roughly shaped ball beads, 1 large carnelian ring.