Carnelian
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 13509 | (none) | 1930,1213.20 | (none) | 7 beads. Comprising 1 hemispherical cat's eye. 1 agate barrel. 1 carnelian barrel. 4 fluted gold ball beads. Repousse work in a series of parallel undulations [drawing] |
| 13511A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 necklaces (A) Steatite bugle, steatite double conoid, calcite barrel, carnelian bugle, steatite bugle, gold ball fluted, carnelian bugle, gold ball fluted, steatite bugle, steatite bugle. In order. (B) Second string in following order: steatite ring bead, ditto, steatite double conoid, ditto, gold ball, carnelian disc pendant with white border decoration, gold ring bead, jasper double conoid, ditto. |
| 13511B | (none) | 1930,1213.515 | (none) | 2 necklaces (A) Steatite bugle, steatite double conoid, calcite barrel, carnelian bugle, steatite bugle, gold ball fluted, carnelian bugle, gold ball fluted, steatite bugle, steatite bugle. In order. (B) Second string in following order: steatite ring bead, ditto, steatite double conoid, ditto, gold ball, carnelian disc pendant with white border decoration, gold ring bead, jasper double conoid, ditto. |
| 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. |
| 13526 | 31-17-68 | (none) | (none) | 5 beads: carnelian elongated double conoid. Carnelian barrel. Agate cylindrical. lapis. barrel. Lapis double conoid. | |
| 13531 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: 4 carnelian ring beads: 1 carnelian barrel; 8 elongated double conoids; apparently glass; 34 barrel beads also apparently glass. The glass(?) beads appear to have benn moulded round a core that has disappeared. |
| 13546 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 17 in number: for order see Field note. Agate, lapis and carnelian. Double conoids, barrels and 1 bugle. |
| 13550 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 5 beads: 1 lapis double conoid; 1 carnleian barrel; 1 carnelian ring; 1 rock crystal ring; 1 copper double conoid. |
| 13553 | 31-17-63 | (none) | (none) | Beads: 20 in all, including: 4 gold ( double conoid) (1 fluted ball); 3 carnelian (2cylindrical) (! double conoid); 1 agate tubular; 1 lapis double conoid; 6 lapis barrels; 2 flattened agate double conoid; 2 rock crystal ball beads with frit(?) eyes. | |
| 13556 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Steatite, lapis and carnelian beads. 1 flattened calcite double conoid. For order see Field note. |
| 13558 | (none) | 1930,1213.72 | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids rounded, and 1 large carnelian ring bead. |
| 13598 | 31-17-99 | (none) | (none) | 6 beads. Including: 2 carnelian ring beads; 1 carnelian cylinderical; 3 glass(?) double conoids. | |
| 13744A | 31-17-103 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mostly white shell: with them 2 white shell plaques, one oblong, one diamond shaped and some lapis and carnelian rings. For order see field notes. | |
| 13744B | 31-17-145 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mostly white shell: with them 2 white shell plaques, one oblong, one diamond shaped and some lapis and carnelian rings. For order see field notes. | |
| 13763 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead. Carnelian, with white bleached pattern. [drawing] |
| 13784 | 31-17-132 | (none) | (none) | Beads. One gold and three (discolored) lapis very large facetted lentoids. (the gold one of thin metal over bitumen, now split open) and 2 smaller lapis ditto: with them probably were carnelian rings (with 13783) but original order unknown. |
| 13793 | (none) | 1930,1213.14 | (none) | Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. I gold & 2 carnelian bugle beads square in section; 2 ribbed globular gold beads, 2 ribbed globular lapis beads. |
| 13794 | (none) | 1930,1213.12 | (none) | Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. 1 gold and 2 carnelian bugle beads; 4 small gold beads. |
| 13795 | (none) | 1930,1213.15 | (none) | Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain (one broken) 1 gold & 2 (discolored) lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian ring beads. |
| 13796 | (none) | 1930,1213.13 | (none) | Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. 1 gold & 2 (discolored) lapis facetted lentoid beads; 4 carnelian rings. |
| 14006 | (none) | 1930,1213.103 | (none) | 5 beads: 1 carnelian double conoid-facetted; 3 lapis double conoids; 1 lapis cylindrical. For order see Field Note. |
| 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] |
| 14016 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as 13593. [Type] XXXIX. |
| 14026 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bracelet. Triangular spacers of minute gold ball beads and in between the gold spacers, carnelian ring beads minute, and lapis ring beads minute. The bracelet was therefore made up of gold, -lapis, -gold, -carnelian, -gold, -lapis, alternating in that sequence. |
| 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] |
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Agate - Chrysoprase - Jasper - Sard
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