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) |
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17835A | 32-40-308 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing] | |
![]() | 18516 | 33-35-100 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Banded limestone. [Type] 10. [drawing] |
18560 | 33-35-100 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Translucent banded white calcite. [Type] 27. [drawing] | |
![]() | 18677 | 33-35-110 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Translucent white calcite. Badly smashed and surface decayed. Much distorted. [Type] JN4. [drawing] |
![]() | 18572 | 33-35-111 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Grey transluscent calcite. Same type as U.18571, (JN.57) but without the slight plate base. Rim much chipped. JN.59. |
18585I | 33-35-128 | (none) | (none) | [A-I] A set of weights. Weights in grains [A] (1) Diorite, pierced at one end. 413 grs. [B] (2) Hematite . 130grs. [C] (3) Hematite 64grs. [D] (4) Hematite 65grs. [E] (5) Steatite 37grs. [F] (6) Steatite 7grs. [G] (7) Steatite 10grs. [H] (8) Hematite 78grs [I] (9) Doubtful weight: white calcite shaped as a plano-convex brick 315grs. | |
![]() | 19283 | 35-1-175 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Type 26. |
![]() | 19270 | 35-1-178 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type J.N. 26. |
![]() | 19828 | 35-1-179 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. JN 26 |
20059 | 35-1-186 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Miniature. JN 28 | |
19414A | 35-1-188 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type JN 27 | |
![]() | 19415 | 35-1-189 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type JN 39 |
19414B | 35-1-189 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type JN 27 | |
![]() | 19271 | 35-1-190 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type 28. |
19011 | 35-1-191 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type 54. | |
19135 | 35-1-194 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 106. | |
19171 | 35-1-195 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60b. | |
19538 | 35-1-196 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60b | |
19060 | 35-1-198 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 62. | |
19015 | 35-1-199 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. In poor condition. Type 5. | |
19428 | 35-1-42 | (none) | (none) | Kohl-pot. 'alabaster'. rectangular ram[?]-shaped on 4 short legs, rope moulding along shoulder : 2 cylinder receptacles. | |
![]() | 19671 | 35-1-522 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type JN |
![]() | 19434 | 35-1-525 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Veined quartzite. Type 24 |
19425 | 35-1-526 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Veined calcite. Open shallow lines[?] Type | |
19458 | 35-1-556 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type 48 |
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