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)
12726	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type LXXVIII. [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
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.
13516	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Rampant lions crossed, rampant gazelle, bird-headed(?) warriors.
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]
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
13799	(none)	1935,0113.377	(none)	Spill vase. Alabaster (white calcite) much broken. [Type] XLVII.
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]
14024	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Part of rim missing. Type same as 13593.
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.