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# Bead

Five large dark green and red spotted microcrystalline quartz (so-called "bloodstone" or heliotrope) beads.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 2150–2000 BCE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1928-1009-118](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1928-1009-118) · Pramāṇa
