Calcite
Calcite is a very common and widespread mineral that comes in a variety of forms and colors. It ranges in color appearing as white, colorless, gray, red, green, blue, yellow, brown, and orange. It has a moh's hardness of 3.
Calcite is a very common and widespread mineral that comes in a variety of forms and colors. It ranges in color appearing as white, colorless, gray, red, green, blue, yellow, brown, and orange. It has a moh's hardness of 3.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translsucent calcite. Type: see field note. |
| 15305B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) [A and D] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (B) String of 10 large beads from neck; calcite, chalcedony, steatite, copper and jasper; (C) String of small beads, lapis, agate, crystal, carnelian. |
| 15768 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. |
| 15770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Yellowish clacite. |
| 15776 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone beaker. Cut down. White calcite. |
| 15802 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Miniature animal. White calcite? |
| 16319 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 37 beads. Agate lentoids, carnelian balls, glazed frit double conoids, 1 lapis lazuli double conoid, 1 rectangular calcite bead, carnelian barrels, 1 gold double conoid with ridged ends. |
| 16336 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature vase. White translucent calcite. [drawing] |
| 16351B | (none) | 1931,1010.125 | (none) | [A-B] Calcite Beads. A pair. Lentoid-Lozenge-shaped in section. One end of second bead missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16429A | (none) | 1931,1010.113 | (none) | Duck weight Steatite, pale grey. Erased inscription in 2 lines, incised in square frame on right side. Traces of characters still visible as follows: [drawing]. To be weighed. Type VI [drawing] |
| 16431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl, white calcite. Fragment. Very fine veined translucent stone with ring base. [drawing] |
| 16432 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spill-vase, white calcite. Fragment. |
| 16529A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment. Sin-igid(am). H.C. 30/III,2 |
| 16539 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl fragment, white calcite. Dungi. H.C. 30/I, 10 |
| 16701 | (none) | 1931,1010.224 | (none) | Glass beads. Fragment of a green and white lentoid with combed pattern-large existing. And a few smaller glass double conoids bleached white, 2 dark green. 1 white calcite(?) lentoid. |
| 16703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: Glass balls and rings; 1 yellow glass paste double conoid; carnelian balls and rings; 1 white calcite(?) ball. |
| 16774 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian balls; 1 large carnelian lentoid; 1 agate barrel; 2 flattened calcite lentoids. |
| 17106 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of statuette. In white calcite. Trunk of draped female figure, standing, with hands clasped below breasts. She wears an undergarment cut low in the neck with embroidered edge and, covering the right shoulder, a cloak or shawl which straight down against the body: or it may be a single garment wrapped round the body and passing under the left arm, across the back and over the right shoulder. Head and body below hips and left upper arm all missing, the surface much worn. |
| 17117C | (none) | 1931,1010.189 | (none) | Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken. |
| 17235 | (none) | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl. (fragment) Remains of the inscription of a king: (?-^dEN)ZU. HC. |
| 17390 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Part missing. [drawing 2:5] |
| 17408 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Glass paste. Copper. Sard. Calcite. Granite. For order see field note. |
| 17832 | (none) | 1932,1008.32 | (none) | Statuette of seated bull. White calcite. With square hole through the back to take an upright - The muzzle damaged by decay. |
| 17833 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statuette of reclining dog (?). Calcite. Originally, colored bright red (some of color left) with eyes filled in with black. The beast has a ruff and a bushy tail. A hole is pierced from the top of the back to the stomach. On the under side a seal cutting (much perished) showing animals mostly cut with the drill. |
| 17834 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Figurine of seated calf. White calcite. Usual attitude, body in profile. Left hand turned over shoulder to face outwards. |
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