A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic and has a set chemical formula.  Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish various species, and are influenced by the mineral's geological environment.  They are described by characteristics such as habid, hardness, lustre, color, streak, clevage, fracture, parting, and specific gravity.  

The subdivisions of this category are based on scietific groups from the discipline of mineralogy.  

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
905 (none) (none) (none) Beads string of made up from odd beads collected in the course of the dig. 35 in all: crystal, lapis, pebble, amethyst and carnelian.
906 (none) 1923,1110.180 (none) Beads string of, made up from odd beads collected in the course of the dig. 30 in all carnelian and agate
908 (none) 1923,1110.22 (none) Broken alabaster jar. 9 line inscription containing a [ins: 8ft of] [crossed out: dedication to or for (possibly) a] a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur by Utti... of Ninni his beloved son.
910 (none) 1923,1110.57 (none) Alabaster vase. Fragment.
911 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster bowl. Fragment of.
1146 (none) (none) (none) Lapis lazuli seal. Human figurre incised. [drawing]
1167 (none) 1924,0920.397 (none) Fragment from near the rim of an alabaster vase.
1202 (none) 1924,0920.52 (none) Haematite boar's head. (small : side broken away.) [drawing 1:1]
1226 (none) (none) (none) Small button stamp-seal of lapis lazuli with uncertain device. [drawing]
1402 (none) 1924,0920.408 (none) Pin head(?) Lapis lazuli and gold, much incrusted with salt, etc.
1410 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Hematite. Introduction to a god seated facing right. Inscription in 2 lines obliterated.
1487 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Crystal. Four-winged deity carrying a sickle and facing him a winged bull erect; a cross between their feet. In text: see U.1359 etc.
1521 (none) (none) (none) Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription.
1555 (none) 1924,0920.51 (none) Amulet. Hematite. Recumbant cat; pierced for suspension, with holes for inlay eyes. [drawing 1:1]
1639 (none) (none) (none) String of beads. (40) Restrung from loose beads. Carnelian rings and lentoids or bugles of carnelian, agate, onyx, etc.
1640 (none) (none) (none) String of beads. (36) Ball beads of carnelian and rock crystal with cat's eye center.
1641 (none) (none) (none) String of beads. (39) Mixed shapes in carnelian, rock crystal, lapis lazuli, etc., with central bead of lapis wound round with gold wire.
1642 (none) (none) (none) Beads (10) Carnelian, agate, etc., found together.
1643 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Very small gold ball beads, some plain, some fluted; found all together, with a few small lapis and carnelian beads. Sixty strung together, others loose. (purchased)
1661 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Mixed set, carnelian, shell, agate, etc., and one large gold bead. Brought in together.
1696 (none) 1924,0920.396 (none) Alabaster vase. Fragment. With remains of archaic inscription.
2550 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of inlay. Lapis-Lazuli, pierced for wiring and engraved to represent flower petal (?) [drawing 1:1]
2561 (none) 1927,1003.74 (none) Fragment of burnt alabaster jar with borings for colors of which blue and yellow still distinguishable. [drawing 1:1]
2563 (none) 1927,1003.256 (none) Fragment of lapis-lazuli. From inlay: representing man's curled beard. Pierced at back for fixing. [drawing 1:1]
2638 (none) (none) (none) Pot fragment. Marble, with him in low relief, standing on brick pavement. [drawing 1:2]

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