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)
	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.
	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.
	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.
	16658	31-43-143	(none)	(none)	Beads. Painted amethyst lentoids and double concoids. Agate balls and barrels. Glass ball bead. 1 copper tubular bead.
	16653	31-43-154	(none)	(none)	Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads.
	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.
	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.
	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
	16136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: glass paste double conoids: ball beads; pear shaped; 1 plain amethystine; quartz scaraboid; 1 lapis paste cuboid.
	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).
	15487	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings; onyx barels; paste balls; 1 faceted amethyst cylindrical.
	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]
	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.
	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.
	15190.2	31-17-62	(none)	(none)	[.1-.2] Beads. Amethyst - hexagonal lentoids; glazed frit-lentoids. Copper balls.
	15190.1	(none)	1935,0113.448	(none)	[.1-.2] Beads. Amethyst - hexagonal lentoids; glazed frit-lentoids. Copper balls.
	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.
	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.
	(none)	92-4-320	(none)	(none)	(none)

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