Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c12.s4.9

v1.c12.s4.9

There are several varieties of faience beads found at Harappa, but all those examined consisted of fine quartz grains in an isotropic medium. Most, if not all, of the beads were coloured, the original colours seem to have been blue, yellow, black and white, but some have corroded to a different colour from what these originally were. There are a number of zone and spiral beads which are made of the varieties of faience, either red and white or white and brown, the brown in some cases being almost black. (MSV, 404-5)