Calcite Group

The Calcite group is composed of minerals that have flat triangular shaped carbonate ions (CO₃). They have perfect cleavage and exhibit strong double refraction. Minerals in this group can partially or fully replace one another.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
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.
13680	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster fragment. Inscribed with beginning of dedication(?) dBARA den-lil-gar-ra ddumu-zi E-IGI-NIM. HC.8
13722	31-17-24	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1]
13799	(none)	1935,0113.377	(none)	Spill vase. Alabaster (white calcite) much broken. [Type] XLVII.
138	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fr of With remains of inscription in square frame. [drawing] thus
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]
14020	31-16-386	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type I. [drawing 2:5]
14024	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Part of rim missing. Type same as 13593.
14033	31-16-445	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White calcite. Portion of rim missing. Type XI. [drawing]
14034	31-16-395	(none)	(none)	Stone Bowl. Miniature. White calcite. Roughly shaped. [Type] CXXIX [drawing 4:5]
14035	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White calcite. Type: see Field Note. [Type] XVII.
14044	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type. See field note. [Type] LVII.
14048	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Bowl. White calcite. [Type] LXXIX variant. [drawing 2:5]
14051	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Translucent white calcite. Broken but complete.
14057	31-16-449	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. Badly smashed. Type LXI. [drawing]
14072	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as 13536. [Type] XXXIX.
14092	31-16-384	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as 13593. [Type] XXXIX.