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)
(none) 30-12-52 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-53 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-55 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-56 (none) (none) [no catalog card from field]
(none) 30-12-57 (none) (none) Unknown
(none) 30-12-58 (none) (none) Unknown
(none) 30-12-63 (none) (none) Unknown
(none) 30-12-64 (none) (none) Unknown
(none) 30-12-65 (none) (none) Unknown
(none) (none) (none) B16329 Unknown
(none) (none) (none) B17140 Unknown
11970B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper Pin. Type VI B. With it a [B] cylinder seal of green calcite(?) much decayed: 2 registers with seated figures, archaic.
20090 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White Limestone [crossed out] White calcite. Type
20090 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White Limestone [crossed out] White calcite. Type
167A (none) (none) (none) (none)
439A (none) (none) B14934 (none)
18308A (none) (none) (none) (none)
248 (none) 1923,1110.15 (none) Fragment of Alabaster jar. Inscribed with a dedication to dNin-Kul [Crossed out] Contains curses on any who write their names on the object, in which Nin-sun and Lugal-banda are invoked. Dedication for (?) Dungi by a SAL-ME priestess. [Annotated] Part of same bowl as U.257. [Annotated] Joined to U.257 and U.260
257 (none) 1923,1110.15 (none) Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed. Dedication by [crossed out] for (?) [annotated] Dungi. Part of same bowl as U.248. Joined to U.248 and 260. Copied and Transliterated Placed in IN/No. 1
260 (none) 1923,1110.15 (none) Fragment of alabaster vase.Inscribed. Dedication by a SAL.ME priestess. Joined to U.248 and 257. Placed in IN/No. 1.
232 (none) 1923,1110.17 (none) Stone vase. 3 fragments (2 of which joined together) of limestone bowl. On the outside, carved in relief, a seated goddess with 2 children and a standing god, and 5 figures of adorants. Also an inscription. [annotated] Drawn: see photo.
686 (none) 1923,1110.189 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. A seated god: before him an altar behind which a standing god introducing an adorant: behind, the remains of 2 columns of inscription. Work poor and inscription very scratchy.[drawing]
251 (none) 1923,1110.20 (none) Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by a king of the Akkad dynasty.
253 (none) 1923,1110.20 (none) Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by Rimush of Agade. Placed in IN/No 1.
263 (none) 1923,1110.21 (none) Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscription of Rimus king of Agade, duplicate of U.206. Placed in IN/ No. 1.

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