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. 2008 Jun 16;105(25):8548–8551. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709931105

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.