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)
16354	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian barrels, rings, lentoids. Bone? rings. Steatite rings. Shells
16698	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: Carnelian bugles and flattened double conoids; steatite bugle; glass paste fluted bead; green quartzite(?) bead. [drawing]
19039	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian cylinders and one double conoid, ball and rings; paste tube and balls, silver balls, etc.
19044	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian date-shaped (4) and very small tubes and rings of paste and lapis(?)
19047	35-1-92	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian large date-shaped (broken) and rings; steatite barrel; agate tubular; small paste tubes and date-shaped; and 3 frog amulets, steatite. (22 in all).
19054	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings and truncated triangles and one diamond: lapis diamonds and balls: paste long date-shaped.
14056	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings, 1 barrel and 1 double conoid. 2 lapis double conoids.
19055	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings, cylindrical and balls and double conoids: lapis balls, ovals, and double conoids: ribbed paste: steatite frog amulet, and mother-of-pearl bird amulet [drawing 1:1]
16197	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings, one cats eye, one lapis ring
15488	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings. A few paste cylindrical lapis lazuli paste ring beads - minute, a large number.
16764	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings; 1 hematite and 2 brown stone lentoids.
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).
19030	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian tubes and date-shaped; 1 lapis double conid; small carnelian rings; paste balls and some silver.
16727	(none)	1931,1010.219	(none)	Beads: Carnelian, lapis lazuli, agate, quartz, lentoids, bugles, double conoids, rings and a lapis lazuli frog amulet.
16205	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: Dark steatite scaraboid, on the base a scorpion roughly drawn. Glazed scarab (glaze gone); and some glazed lentoid beads, one of pink pebble, one crystal bead & a big hematite ball bead. [drawing]
19021	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: flattened oval agate, lapis tubes and double concoid, crystal balls, carnelian date-shaped and carnelian ball with bleached concentric circles.
16703	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: Glass balls and rings; 1 yellow glass paste double conoid; carnelian balls and rings; 1 white calcite(?) ball.
16136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: glass paste double conoids: ball beads; pear shaped; 1 plain amethystine; quartz scaraboid; 1 lapis paste cuboid.
15463	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: glazed cylindrical. Composite glazed ring beads. Composite glazed cylindrical in the shape of three tubes. Lapis paste cylindrical and 1 conical shell spindle whorl. Decorated with incised concentric circles. [drawing 1:1]
15312	31-17-67	(none)	(none)	Beads: gold, lapis, carnelian, agate, limestone
18887	(none)	1935,0112.78	(none)	Beads: Gold, two nasturtium seeds and five four-flanged beads: 6 carnelian date-shaped, 4 lapis ditto., and 1 lapis cylinder.
19027	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: lapis double conoids and ovals; 1 large lapis date-shaped; carnelian rings.
14288	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: lapis lazuli and silver double conoids.
19012	35-1-97	(none)	(none)	Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids (gradated sizes).
16142	31-43-133	(none)	(none)	Beads: lapis paste double conoids: glazed frit double conoids; 1 amethystine quartz concial bead. [drawing]