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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 7437742, member: 5833&quot;]Carnelian/cornelian is what we call chalcedony that is orange - brownish orange.&nbsp; Darker, browner shades are called sard.&nbsp; Agate is chalcedony that has grown in layers.&nbsp; Some agates have layers of carnelian.&nbsp; There is no banding visible in the photos we have of your stone, so for now have to see it as carnelian, but not as agate.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you provide a photo of the full inscription without any additions, I will see if I can get some help from a scholar in Islamic numismatics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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