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)
7963	(none)	1928,1009.103	(none)	Beads. Mostly small ball beads of gold (thin leaf over copper), lapis, and a few carnelian (some rings). Apparently forming a single necklace, or two of the same pattern; one gold bead to every 1 or 2 stone according to size. Most of the gold beads were destroyed through the decay and swelling of the copper cores. One string containing the best gold beads made up for exhibition.
14433A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Necklace. Agate and carnelian lentoids. Carnelian bulbs.
799	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. of (crossed out word) carnelian and amethyst, with lunar pendant of agate. Restrung approximately in original order. Carnelian, 58; amethyst, 17; 1 pebble; 1 lapis paste; 1 agate pendant.
11485	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. One long bead of white shell, and a number of small lapis and carnelian beads, lentoids and balls. [drawing 1:1]
11559	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Pandants of gold, lapis & carnelian (with spacers) strung on rows of very small lapis, carnelian & gold beads (see Field Notes). (Most of the beads are in the mixed collection: those kept with the pendants show the type to be used in re-stringing).
18432	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Polished carnelian rings.
11417	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Re-string in original order. Lapis, carnelian and jasper.
11427	(none)	1929,1017.306	(none)	Beads. Re-strung mostly in original order (see field notes). Carnelian, lapis, silver, jasper and glass.
12452	(none)	1929,1017.239	(none)	Beads. Rectangular oblongs of gold, lapis and carnelian. A few only, found loose on the floor, most clearly belonging together.
11124	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Ribbed carnelian bugle bead, lapis double conoid, unusually long carnelian bugle, lapis double conoid, strung in that order. Plain carnelian bugle is broken and mended.
18348	(none)	1933,1013.156	(none)	Beads. Roughly cut from various stones. Limestone, marble, pebble, crystal etc. Roughly date shaped, tubular, balls. Not in original order.
11127	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Several thousand minute lapis lazuli balls and barrels running round breast in 12 strings - in the centre a single triangular gold spacer to admit 12 separate strings. [drawing]
18462	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Shell and carnelian rings and very long bugles apparently of white paste (?) broken: also a barrel of dark steatite (?)
19574	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Shell cylinder with geometric pattern engraved and inlaid lapis dots : minute shell and paste rings, small carnelian and lapis balls and rings.
19853	35-1-69	(none)	(none)	Beads. Shell cylinders and large shell and hematite barrels or rings.
12622	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Silver and lapis diamonds, balls and small bugles. 2 large carnelian bugles. 1 greenish (chalcedony?) flat lentoid.
6802	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Silver and lapis lazuli with one paste bead and one paste ring.
17420	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Silver balls and rings. 1 carnelian barrel. 1 agate barrel. 2 facetted amethysts.
11717	(none)	1929,1017.246	(none)	Beads. Silver lentoids & lapis & carnelian lentoids. Long slender gold double conoids & carnelian rings. (see Field Notes)
8622	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Silver ring spacers with between them small beads of silver, lapis and carnelian The silver beads in very bad condition. Order thus [reference to drawing] see field notes. [drawing]
15704	31-17-144	(none)	(none)	Beads. Silver, agate, shell & carnelian mixed.
11561	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small carnelian balls strung together (see Field Notes).
16261	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small carnelian lentoids with a few carnelian balls, 3 lapis beads and a square lapis bead pierced in both directions.
18482	(none)	1933,1013.164	(none)	Beads. Small carnelian rings and a few lapis.
19942	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small carnelian rings and one big shell ring and a few v. small shell rings.