Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c14.s3.12
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c14.s3.12
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Opal is uniformly rare at Lothal and the Indus Valley sites owing to the paucity of its occurrence in nature. It has a pearly lustre and is translucent with a peculiar play of colours. An important type of bead in this material is a short-spherical one. Another type is an unfinished short-barrel bead. It is unbored and might have served as a ring stone. A couple of weathered beads of granite are found in the late levels of period A at Lothal. (Rao, 586)