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)
19433 35-1-583 (none) (none) Stone bowl. Veined calcite. Type 19 d (in fragments) Broken and rivetted in antiquity.
19222 35-1-596 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type 64. (in fragments).
16529B 52-30-66 (none) (none) White calcite bowl. Fragment. Sin-igis(am) H.C. 30/III,2.
7940 87-28-13 (none) (none) Stone vase. Calcite. White. Part of rim broken (and mended) and part missing. Stone type LVI.
10824I 87-28-22 (none) (none) Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.]

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