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)
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]
16431	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl, white calcite. Fragment. Very fine veined translucent stone with ring base. [drawing]
16432	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spill-vase, white calcite. Fragment.
16529B	52-30-66	(none)	(none)	White calcite bowl. Fragment. Sin-igis(am) H.C. 30/III,2.
16529A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment. Sin-igid(am). H.C. 30/III,2
16530	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase-stem of grey and white marble. Ur-Nammu: dedication to Gilgamesh. H.C. 30/IV,1
16531	31-43-250, 31-43-250	(none)	(none)	Mace head, white calcite. Fragment. Naram-Sin: dedication to KA-DI. H.C. 30/III,4
16532	31-43-251	(none)	(none)	White calcite mace-head Fragment. Rimush. H.C. 30/111, 3.
16533	31-43-253, 31-43-253	(none)	(none)	White calcite bowl, small fragment. Ur-(Nammu). H.C. 30/III, 5.
16539	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl fragment, white calcite. Dungi. H.C. 30/I, 10
16555	31-43-20, 31-43-20	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, white calcite. Ga-ad-i(?)-li(?)-a, daughter of Ah(?)-na-nu-um H.C. 30/II, 11
16625A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Fly(?) amulet. 3 alabaster; 1 veined; 2 white. Perforated head. [drawing 1:1]
16703	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: Glass balls and rings; 1 yellow glass paste double conoid; carnelian balls and rings; 1 white calcite(?) ball.
16774	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian balls; 1 large carnelian lentoid; 1 agate barrel; 2 flattened calcite lentoids.
17106	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of statuette. In white calcite. Trunk of draped female figure, standing, with hands clasped below breasts. She wears an undergarment cut low in the neck with embroidered edge and, covering the right shoulder, a cloak or shawl which straight down against the body: or it may be a single garment wrapped round the body and passing under the left arm, across the back and over the right shoulder. Head and body below hips and left upper arm all missing, the surface much worn.
17117A	31-43-194	(none)	(none)	Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken.
17117B	31-43-195	(none)	(none)	Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken.
17183	31-43-281	(none)	(none)	White calcite vase. [drawing 1:1]
17235	(none)	(none)	(none)	White calcite bowl. (fragment) Remains of the inscription of a king: (?-^dEN)ZU. HC.
17390	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Part missing. [drawing 2:5]