Table 1.

Green beads in Late Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites in Israel

Site	Ref.	No. stone beads	Green beads,%	Apatite*	Fluorapatite†	Chrysocolla‡	Malachite§	Turquoise¶	Amazonite‖	Serpentinite**
Late Natufian
Rosh Horesha	39	5	80				+
Eynan	40	90	28	+	+	+?			+?
Gilgal II	36	18	66		+			+
El Wad	Israel Museum	3	100		+
PPNA
Hatoula	41	49	47	+	+	+	+	+
Gilgal I	36	3	66		+
Gilgal III	36	5	80		+		+
PPNB
Kefar ha-Horesh	This study	48	33	+		+	+		+	+

Beads refer also to bead blanks and pendants but not to chunks of raw material discovered in some of the sites. +, identified; +?, tentative identification.

*Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH from Dabba or Hatrurim Formation.

^†(CaF)Ca₄(PO₄)₃OH from Dabba or Hatrurim Formation.

^‡CuSiO₃·2H₂O from Faynan, Timna, or Sinai.

^§CuCo₃·Cu(OH)₂ from Faynan, Timna, or Sinai.

^¶CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O from Sinai.

^‖KAlSi₃O₈ from Saudi Arabia.

**(Mg,Fe)₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄ from North Syria or Cyprus.