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)
12727 30-12-88 (none) (none) Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type I. [drawing 2:5]
12737 (none) 1929,1017.684 (none) Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type same as U.12707, LXXVI.
12743 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type U.11760 variant of
12771A 31-17-319A (none) (none) Objects. (A) Miniature white calcite bowl (the rim chipped) thus [reference to drawing] [Type RC12]. [drawing 1:1] (B) Shallow bowl of basic diorite (?). (C) Fragment of stone bowl (?) re-used and pierced with 3 holes: basic diorite (?). [drawing] (D) Miniature square box roughly made from light drab clay. (E) Miniature clay bowl. (F) Miniature goblet in light drab clay thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:2] (G) Wheelmade pot of pinkish clay with pin-hole orifice at neck (neck broken off). [drawing] (H) Clay bead (?) or handle (?) rough cylinder longitudinally pierced. [U.12771I not assigned] (J) Oval pebble burnisher. Thin and flat. (K) Flint chip. (L) Flint saw. (M) Part of clay jar-sealing with indistinct traces of relief. (N) Clay jar sealing with rows of animals. [drawing 1:1] (O) Flint hoe (?) of T.O. type [Tel Obaid].
13031 30-12-44 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure.
13511A (none) (none) (none) 2 necklaces (A) Steatite bugle, steatite double conoid, calcite barrel, carnelian bugle, steatite bugle, gold ball fluted, carnelian bugle, gold ball fluted, steatite bugle, steatite bugle. In order. (B) Second string in following order: steatite ring bead, ditto, steatite double conoid, ditto, gold ball, carnelian disc pendant with white border decoration, gold ring bead, jasper double conoid, ditto.
13515 31-17-117 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting.
13516 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Rampant lions crossed, rampant gazelle, bird-headed(?) warriors.
13521 31-17-118 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. White. 2 registers. Imperfect condition. Above: banquet scene, 3 seated figures, two of them sucking drink through a tube the third approached by a standing figure third approached by a standing figure. Below: two rows and a spread eagle.
13534 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXIII. [drawing]
13536 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXIII.
13538 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. Portion of rim missing. Type IX. [drawing]
13542 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. Very poor condition. Rampant lions crossed.
13549 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXVII. [drawing]
13564 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. Grey calcite. Badly smashed. Type see Field Note. LIX.
13569 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type XII. [drawing 2:5]
13574 (none) 1930,1213.518 (none) Cylinder seal. White calcite. Rampant lions, gazelles and bird-headed men.
13578 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. Semitranslucent calcite. Badly broken. [drawing 2:5]
13580 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. Calcite. Greyish. Broken and riveted in antiquity. Type XXII. [drawing]
13582 31-16-387 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LVI. [drawing]
13589 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type see Field note. [Type] XLIII.
13592 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White translucent calcite. Type see Field note. Type 71. See field note.
13593 (none) 1930,1213.246 (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type, see Field note. [Type] XXXIX.
14017 (none) 1930,1213.253 (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. Type LVIII. [drawing 4:5]
14019 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type CVI. [drawing]

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