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)
8456 (none) (none) B17170 Bowl Limestone Greyish Broken in 2 pieces and mended Stone type XLVI
8463 (none) (none) (none) Bowl Calcite White Stone type LI
8498 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White, translucent Stone type LVIII
8504 (none) 1928,1009.422 (none) Stone vase White calcite Type LXXI
8520 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase White calcite Type LXXVI
8521 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase White calcite rim chipped Type I
8540 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl of stongly veined calcite. Shallow and straight-sided, much broken and surface decayed. Type XXV.
8553 (none) (none) B17177 Stone bowl White limestone Type LXXV
8558 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXVI.
858 (none) 1923,1110.55 (none) Alabaster pot. Cylindrical, with out-turned flat rim a hole in one side, and most of rim missing. Restored from fragments. [drawing]
8623 (none) 1928,1009.499 (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type XL.
8634 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. Translucent white calcite. Type XVIII.
8654 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase White calcite Type LXIII
8655 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase White calcite Type LXXXVI
8683 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. Type LXXXIII.
8703 (none) (none) (none) Bowl Calcite White Broken into many pieces but complete Stone type LXI
8709 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White Stone type LXXVIII
8765 (none) (none) (none) Vase. Calcite. White. Stone type LXIII.
8770 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite Yellowish Stone type LXXVIII
8772 (none) (none) (none) Bowl. Calcite. White. Indented rim. Broken and fragmentary. Stone type LX.
8780 (none) 1928,1009.515 (none) Bowl. Calcite. White. Broken and mended. Small portion of rim missing. Stone type LX.
881 (none) 1923,1110.25 (none) Alabaster vase fragment of slightly carinated cylindrical jar in white-veined mackeral alabaster. Inscribed: portions of 2 lines. Probably a dedication to 'Nin'-(gal?) by... [king] 'of Ur' Type RC.5
882 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster vase fragment of, from rim of cylindrical jar with flat everted rim. Alabaster. First line only, "thing dedicated..." RC.9
884A (none) (none) B14969 Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13
884B (none) (none) B14969 Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13

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