Editing Carnelian (section)

==Distinction between carnelian and sard==

The names carnelian and sard are often used interchangeably, but they can also be used to describe distinct subvarieties. The general differences are as follows:<ref name="1911EB_sard" />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto"
|+Comparison of carnelian and sard
|-
! scope="col"|Aspect
! scope="col" | Carnelian
! scope="col" | Sard
|-
! scope="row" | Color
| Lighter, with shades ranging from orange to reddish brown
| Darker, with shades ranging from a deep reddish brown to almost black
|-
! scope="row" | Hardness
| Softer
| Harder and tougher
|-
! scope="row" | Fracture
| Uneven, splintery and conchoidal
| Like carnelian, but duller and more hackly (having the appearance of something that has been hacked, i.e. jagged)
|}
All of these properties vary across a continuum, so the boundary between carnelian and sard is inherently blurry.

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File:Cornelian necklace BM GR1897.4-1.623.jpg|Necklace with gold beads and carnelian beads, [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] artwork with [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] inspiration, c. 1400–1200 BC.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} From [[Enkomi (archaeological site)|Enkomi]]. [[British Museum]].
File:Indus carnelian beads with white design imported to Susa in 2600-1700 BCE LOUVRE Sb 13099.jpg|Indian carnelian beads, white design etched with acid, imported to Susa in 2600–1700 BC. Found in the [[Tell (archaeology)|tell]] of the [[Susa]] acropolis. [[Louvre Museum]], reference Sb 17751.<ref>{{cite web |title=Site officiel du musée du Louvre |url=http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=13589 |website=cartelfr.louvre.fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Guimet |first1=Musée |title=Les Cités oubliées de l'Indus: Archéologie du Pakistan |date=2016 |publisher=FeniXX réédition numérique |isbn=9782402052467 |pages=354–355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-HpYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA354 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Art of the first cities: the third millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus |page=[https://archive.org/details/ArtOfTheFirstCitiesTheThirdMillenniumB.C.FromTheMediterraneanToTheIndusEditedByJ/page/n419 395] |url=https://archive.org/details/ArtOfTheFirstCitiesTheThirdMillenniumB.C.FromTheMediterraneanToTheIndusEditedByJ }}</ref> These beads are identical with beads found in the Indus Civilization site of [[Dholavira]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nandagopal |first1=Prabhakar |title=Decorated Carnelian Beads from the Indus Civilization Site of Dholavira (Great Rann of Kachchha, Gujarat) |publisher=Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78491-917-7 |url=https://www.academia.edu/37860117 |year=2018 }}</ref>
File:Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail F.jpg|Egyptian necklace with biconical carnelian beads, rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets.<ref>{{cite web |publisher= [[The Walters Art Museum]]| url   = http://art.thewalters.org/detail/24820| title = Egyptian - Necklace}}</ref> The [[Walters Art Museum]], [[Baltimore]].
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