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)
15127	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone tumbler. White calcite. Type XXXIII? [drawing 2:5]
15134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. Broken but probably complete. [drawing 1:5]
15135	31-16-463	(none)	(none)	Stone Bowl. White calcite. Smashed.
15136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White translucent calcite. Type: same as PG 1824 (1).
15137	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White translucent calcite. Thick coating of bitumen (c. 10mm thick) ran round top of vase down to shoulder. Most of rim missing.
15146	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White translsucent calcite. Type: see field note.
15147	31-16-440	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White calcite. Smashed - but complete?
1521	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription.
15305B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: (A) [A and D] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (B) String of 10 large beads from neck; calcite, chalcedony, steatite, copper and jasper; (C) String of small beads, lapis, agate, crystal, carnelian.
15451	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabastron. Alabaster. Persian. [drawing 2:5]
15661	(none)	1930,1213.171	(none)	Vase. Fragment. Alabaster. Part of 2 lines of dedication to a god NE...(possibley Ne-Dar??) writing irregular and probably very archaic. HC.21
15768	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite.
15770	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Yellowish clacite.
15771	31-16-466	(none)	(none)	Stone. Bowl. Yellowish calcite. [drawing]
15772	31-16-423	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite.
15773	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White alabaster. Type: same as U.15101. CVIII.
15774	31-16-400	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Yellowish calcite.
15775	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Alabaster alabastron. 2 small lug handles.
15776	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone beaker. Cut down. White calcite.
15802	(none)	(none)	(none)	Amulet. Miniature animal. White calcite?
16135	31-43-184	(none)	(none)	Stone object. Alabaster. White. Elliptical shaped pierced with 5 circular holes, intercommunicating. [drawing 1:1 plan and elevation]
16259	31-43-306	(none)	(none)	White calcite plate. RC.28. [drawing]
16319	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 37 beads. Agate lentoids, carnelian balls, glazed frit double conoids, 1 lapis lazuli double conoid, 1 rectangular calcite bead, carnelian barrels, 1 gold double conoid with ridged ends.
16336	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature vase. White translucent calcite. [drawing]
16351A	31-43-167	(none)	(none)	[A-B] A pair of calcite beads. Lentoid-lozenge-shaped in section. One end of second bead missing. [drawing 1:1]