Semi-precious

The term “semi precious” is applied to a subset gemstones, and the term was created to set them apart from what are considered precious stones (diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds). Things like amber and lapis lazuli, which are not really stones at all are still considered “semi precious” by most people. This distinction reflects the rarity of the respective stones in ancient times, as well as their quality. all are translucent with fine color in their purest forms and very hard. This distinction is not related to their monetary value, i.e. some forms of garnet are more expensive than emeralds.

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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)
20028	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian date shaped and double conoid (long) and lapis rings and cylinders.
17373	(none)	1931,1010.221	(none)	Beads. Carnelian dodecadonal. 1 dark grey stone double conoid. 1 agate tubular bead. Glass paste lentoids, minute.
13065	(none)	1929,1017.325	(none)	Beads. Carnelian double conoids and decorations. Chalcedony double conoids giving a diamond shaped secition 1 glazed ball bead.
17365	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian double conoids and quartz. Agate lentoids and quartz. Lapis ball and lentoid. Glass paste balls. Green amazonite (?) ring beads.
8620	(none)	1928,1009.83	(none)	Beads. Carnelian double conoids, and a few silver ditto, large. The silver much decayed.
17058	(none)	1931,1010.245	(none)	Beads. Carnelian double conoids, ring beads. Glass paste barrels, balls, rings. Glass paste flat oval bead marked thus: [drawing 1:1]
11894	30-12-610	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian lentoids & lapis beads of various sorts, carnelian rings & jasper bugles. For order see Field Notes.
17057	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian lentoids and double conoid. Quartz double conoid. Lapis lazuli barrel. Agate barrel.
17090	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian lentoids, balls, discoids, scaraboids. Amethystine quartz scaraboids. Lapis lazuli discoid, scaraboid. Glass paste, yellow, balls, lentoids and 1 miniature puzuzu head. Carnelian pieces of inlay consisting of round lapis centers in a mother of pearl circular backing set in a circular steatite backing.
17098	(none)	1931,1010.238	(none)	Beads. Carnelian lentoids, bugles and double conoids.
17095	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian lentoids. Agate lentoids. Quartz lentoids. Steatite lentoids. Breccia lentoids. Glass paste lentoids, double conoids. One carnelian pendant. One banded sard pendant. Also one glass paste puzuzu head pendant. [drawing]
18427	33-35-149	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian polished rings.
18320	(none)	1933,1013.162	(none)	Beads. Carnelian poppy seeds, carnelian balls and small balls of bright yellow paste. Order not original; but the beads were all brought in together.
13049	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian ring beads, glazed frit and a minute glazed frit amulet in shape of a male head - grotesque. [drawing]
14429A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian ring beads. Red jasper double conoids. Quartzite cylindrical. Steatite? Discoid, flat one side, convex on the other . Agate lentoid and pendant shapes thus. [drawing]
12206	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings & lapis lentoids and ring beads: for stringing cf. Field Note.
19430	(none)	1935,0112.86	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and 1 tube, lapis balls, black and white marble balls, 1 quartzite lozenge-shape, 4 date-shaped red chalcedony (?)
18465	33-35-152	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and 1 tubular.
19861	35-1-74	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and a few carnelian and lapis cylinders
20027	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and a few lapis ovals.
18112	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and balls. Agat ovoid: blue paste date-shaped blue paste axe-head bead, agate discoid (flat). Also, 1 gold lunate earring.
16692	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and lozenges; glass paste rings and balls; rock crystal flattened lentoid.
18581	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and one cylindrical of black stone.
18576	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and one short tube of white frit probably once glazed.
18476	(none)	1933,1013.170	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and one tubular.