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)
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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