Info: Carnelian usually have orange to brown colour, the most precious of carnelians have homogeneus colours.
How to recognize: In UV-light the carnelian emits white-blue colour, only the carnelians from India emit green-yellow colour.
Found: The most famous deposits of carnelian were found in India.
Crystal structure |
Trigonal |
Hardness |
7 |
Colour |
Orange, Red, Brown |
Shine |
Wax |