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)
15112	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Grey semi-translucent calcite. Type XXI (RC19.b) JN35
15116	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White translucent alabaster. Type same as PG 1824 (1). CVIII.
15117	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White alabaster. Crushed, distorted and smashed. CVIII.
15118	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White translucent alabaster. Found adhering to U.15116. Type XII (RC22b). JN5b [drawing 2:5]
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]
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.
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.
15773	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White alabaster. Type: same as U.15101. CVIII.
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?
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]
16351B	(none)	1931,1010.125	(none)	[A-B] Calcite Beads. A pair. Lentoid-Lozenge-shaped in section. One end of second bead missing. [drawing 1:1]
16429A	(none)	1931,1010.113	(none)	Duck weight Steatite, pale grey. Erased inscription in 2 lines, incised in square frame on right side. Traces of characters still visible as follows: [drawing]. To be weighed. Type VI [drawing]
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.
16529A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment. Sin-igid(am). H.C. 30/III,2