Rock Crystal

Rock crystal is another name for Quartz, and is colorless, has little to no clevage, and has a silicon-oxygen framework.  

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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)
	672C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[underlined] Beads. A large collection, re-strung on such evidence as could be obtained from the burial. See field notes A. Carnelian ball beads, 41 in all. B. Lentoids and carnelian, agate, lapis, hematite + glass paste, 42 in all. C. Small beads, ball, discoid, etc., in carnelian, crystal, lapis, amethystine quartz, black stone + paste. D. Very large lentoid + barrel beads in stone + paste, 1 paste cylinder seal roughly engraved with a man left shooting at a winged griffon. (in regular Deri Huzuh style), a cylinder seal of black steatite sketchily engraved but defaced, another with seated divine figure right and standing adorant left and one column inscription, also very poor work: also shell disk beads: large beads etc... in all 33, shell disks, 167. E. Small carnelian spacers, with small beads of various shapes in glass paste, frit, pebble, stone, etc. F. Mixed lot of beads in stone and paste.
	6543B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay bowl. Reddish. Mishapen. Type. [B] Found with wooden inlay fragments, agate, carnelian and crystal beads
	12631	(none)	1929,1017.326	(none)	[A] Beads. A motley collection including: rock crystal balls, hematite balls, shell and (Chrysoprase?) [chalcedony] bugles (broken), [B.1-.3] 2 unpierced steatite cylinders (for seals). 1 - unpierced marble cylinder (ditto) and [C] fragment of an obsidian mace head. (truncated pear shaped).
	9561A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Necklaces. 2. Found in original order. (A) Middle of string in front, 1 silver flattened conoid, 1 double conoid rock crystal; 1 copper ball bead, 1 lentoid jasper, 1 copper ball bead; 1 banded sard; 1 copper ball bead; 1 banded sard, 1 copper ball bead. Rest of string composed of flattened silver double conoids. (B) String of lapis lazuli double axe and ball beads.
	6069A	(none)	(none)	B16395	[A-B] 2 rock crystal? pendants. One to E. [drawing 1:1]
	6069B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 rock crystal? pendants. One to E. [drawing 1:1]
	18252.1	(none)	1933,1013.155	(none)	[.1-.2] Beads. A mixed lot of carnelian balls, cylinder and facetted date shaped: steatite cylinders, crystal rings, yellow glaze strip, green glaze tubular, yellow glaze hub type, green glaze scaraboid, poopy seed pendant (carnelian) glass paste balls etc.
	18252.2	(none)	1933,1013.165	(none)	[.1-.2] Beads. A mixed lot of carnelian balls, cylinder and facetted date shaped: steatite cylinders, crystal rings, yellow glaze strip, green glaze tubular, yellow glaze hub type, green glaze scaraboid, poopy seed pendant (carnelian) glass paste balls etc.
	2934	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. Small lentoids of carnelian, rock crystal, granite, hematite, red jasper, sard, shell, copper, etc., with shell disc pendant. Together and re-strung arbitrarily.
	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.
	1640	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. (36) Ball beads of carnelian and rock crystal with cat's eye center.
	2714	(none)	1927,1003.205	(none)	Seal cylinder. Rock crystal. Broken. Unusual scene. About BC 2300. [drawing]
	3346	(none)	(none)	(none)	Rock crystal ring. Plain broad band, semi-transparent. Text: Neo-Babylonian period (14) in Cat.
	3142	(none)	(none)	(none)	Rock crystal eye. Conventional cut, unengraved and pierced for suspension. Egyptian style. [drawing 1:1]
	415	(none)	(none)	(none)	Rock crystal cylinder seal. Fragment of. Subject: Gilgamesh and the lions: 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy work.
	9769	(none)	(none)	(none)	Reticule Copper with gold rim band Complete except for ring
	16743	31-43-46	(none)	(none)	Quartz cylinder. Unengraved. Unpierced. cf. U. 16606. [drawing 1:1]
	8715	(none)	(none)	B17031	Pendant. Rock crystal. Translucent. Rectangular in section. One side slightly covex. Blackened by fire.
	6468	(none)	1927,0527.144	(none)	Pendant, in shape of duck? Pierced for suspension. ? A lion's claw. E. [drawing 1:1]
	3262	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Of carnelian, crystal, agate, one pebble and one amethyst; carnelian very roughly cut. In text: Neo-Babylonian period(5) in cat.
	11117	(none)	1928,1010.682	(none)	Necklace. Lapis bugles and ring beads, crystal ring beads, all small sized. One gold bead found in position between 2 crystal rings, but general order was not discoverable. A few beads also found in this order: 1 crystal ring, 2 minute lapis balls, 1 gold ball, 1 crystal ring bead, 2 lapis balls, 1 gold ball, 1 lapis bugle.
	7572	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Carnelian, blue crystal, yellow and one lapis lazuli bead. 34 in all. Lentoids, ring beads, bugle beads and double conoids. Restrung in original order. Found with Phonecian black and blue glass bottle U7660 and with clay pot Type XXIX
	9825	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 3 strings of beads. For order see Field Notes. Gold ball, bugle, diamond beads; lapis bugle and ball beads; crystal ring beads and diamond beads; agate flattened double conoid with gold caps; carnelian diamond beads.
	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.
	8264	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 40 blue glazed ring beads. 1 lentoid carnelian. 1 double conoid gold bead. 1 rock crystal ring bead.

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