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Charmstone Charmstone

Pendant made of a small quartz pebble in a mount of copper strips which encircle it twice, found on the Culbin Sands, Moray, 18th century

Macehead Macehead

Portion of a quartz pestle macehead, from Aberdeenshire

Whetstone Whetstone

Whetstone (Hvæssesten), Bronze Age, from Denmark

Flake Flake

Three possible flakes of quartz from Stanydale, Sandsting, Shetland

Scraper Scraper

Portion of quartz, possibly utilised as a scraper, from March Cairn chambered cairn, also called Esha Ness, Northmaven, Shetland

Flake Flake

Flakes of quartz and one small flake of flint, from Unival chambered cairn, North Uist, Western Isles

Playing piece Playing piece

Set of sixteen white quartz pebbles used as playing pieces, from Jarlshof, 1050 - 1200 AD

Specimen / copper / smelting / sample / slag, common Specimen / copper / smelting / sample / slag, common

One of a group of specimens illustrating copper smelting - a sample of common slag having quartz pieces which generally float on the surface and occasionally have copper with them

Vase Vase

Vase of quartz from a set of model implements for the 'Opening the Mouth Ceremony': Ancient Egyptian, said to come from Armant, Old Kingdom, 3rd-6th Dynasty, c.2686-2181 BC

Vase Vase

Vase of quartz from a set of model implements for the Ceremony of Opening the Mouth: Ancient Egyptian, said to come from Armant, Old Kingdom, 3rd - 6th Dynasty, c.2686-2181 BC

Plaque Plaque

Plaque of green glazed quartz, rectangular in shape except for chipped lower corners and one upper corner missing: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, Main Deposit, site number 471, Early Dynastic Period, 1st-2nd Dynasty, c.3100-2686 BC

Pendant Pendant

Pendant or amulet of green glazed quartz of roughly rectangular shape: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, Main Deposit (471), Early Dynastic Period, 1st-2nd Dynasty, c.3100-2686 BC

Amulet Amulet

Amulet or pendant of green glazed quartz of roughly rectangular shape: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, from tomb No 471, late predynastic or early Dynastic period, 3500-2686 BC

String of beads String of beads

String of beads, including some white glaze lenticular beads and a central green glaze pendant of Bes: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Gurob, Tomb 474, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c.1479-1390 BC

Snuff bottle Snuff bottle

Snuff bottle of rose quartz, flask-shaped, and with a green glass stopper fitted with ivory spoon: China

Snuff bottle Snuff bottle

Snuff bottle of stalactitic quartz with brown markings, flask-shaped with mask-ring handles carved on the sides, and with a rose quartz stopper fitted with ivory spoon: China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD

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