Amethyst

Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz, that owes its purple color to iron impurities.  It is a 6 sided prism, rhombohedral, and has a moh's hardness of 7.  

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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)
	(none)	92-4-320	(none)	(none)	(none)
	12383G	(none)	1929,1017.183	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B] Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [C] Silver comb with inlaid petals. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids. [G] Silver pin [Type] VI A.
	15180	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: balls, barrels, faceted tubluar beads, 3-sided lentoids, lozenges, lunate. Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, agate, glazed frit: 1 blue glazed frit eye of Horus. Persian.
	15190.1	(none)	1935,0113.448	(none)	[.1-.2] Beads. Amethyst - hexagonal lentoids; glazed frit-lentoids. Copper balls.
	15190.2	31-17-62	(none)	(none)	[.1-.2] Beads. Amethyst - hexagonal lentoids; glazed frit-lentoids. Copper balls.
	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.
	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]
	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
	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.
	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.
	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.
	16710A	(none)	1931,1010.255	(none)	Beads: 401 in all. Jasper, quartz, lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate, cats eye, breccia, granite, amethyst, copper, and various mottled stones, reddish brown, grey, etc. 1 gold double conoid; order not know. Mostly lentoids. Also barrels, rings, double conoids, balls.
	16710B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: 401 in all. Jasper, quartz, lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate, cats eye, breccia, granite, amethyst, copper, and various mottled stones, reddish brown, grey, etc. 1 gold double conoid; order not know. Mostly lentoids. Also barrels, rings, double conoids, balls.
	17037	31-43-144	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Carnelian, discois, lentoids, double conoids, amethyst, facetted tetragonal, lozance shaped in facetted lentoids. Lapis Lazuli double conoid. Agate beads like: [reference to drawing]. Quartz lentoids. [drawing]
	17051	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Amethyst [represented in drawing] four sided, lozange shaped in section carnelian. Double conoids and lentoids and diamonds. Silver ball beads. Glass paste rings, balls, discoids, barrels. Agate. Squares. Lapis lazuli flat lentoid with dragon (?) engraved amethyst scaraboid with fish (?) engraved. [drawing]
	17053	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 5 amethysts [represented in drawing] four sided. 1 oval carnelian. 1 large glass paste double conoid. [drawing]
	17054	31-43-164	(none)	(none)	4 beads. 1 amethyst - 4 sided [represented in drawing] lozenge shaped section. 3 carnelian (2 discoid and 1 ring bead). 1 bone lentoid. [drawing]
	17094	31-43-129	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian, lentoids, square section tubes, ring beds. Agate double conoids, lentoids, one ball bead. Amethyst double conoids. Not in tab anal.
	17417	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 1 amethyst facetted. 1 marble lentoid. 1 carnelian double conoid. 1 steatite lentoid. 1 frit lentoid. 2 glass paste flattened tubular beads, lozenge shaped in section.

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