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)
820	(none)	(none)	B14979	Stone bowl of coarse whitish limestone, almost of marble.
859	(none)	(none)	B14983	Alabaster pot. A plain cylinder with very slight ridge round base and rim. Restored from fragments, rim chipped and part of one side missing.
860	(none)	(none)	B14984	Alabaster pot. Cylindrical, carinated sides, flat everted rim. Restored from fragments and about half missing.
880	(none)	(none)	B14942, B14942	Stone vase fragment of, in pink-veined alabaster. Section from base to rim complete but only width of 004 of bowl left. Inscribed 3 lines from middle reads: named (of) Sin the son?.
882	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster vase fragment of, from rim of cylindrical jar with flat everted rim. Alabaster. First line only, "thing dedicated..." RC.9
884A	(none)	(none)	B14969	Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13
885	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster cup fragments of straight-sided cup or tumbler in pinkish alabaster.
886	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster Vase fragment, apparently of a lid, whereon in relief the hind-quarters of a bull lying down left. Coarse alabaster.
887	(none)	(none)	B14985	Alabaster Vase fragments of, fitted together (plain) giving complete section.
888	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl fragment of in veined and colored alabaster.
890	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl fragment of with remains of projecting solid handle on one side. Remains of inscription.
896	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster lion. Fragment of showing greater part of body and bit of mane, of a recumbent lion carved in the round: apparently from the rim of a very large bowl.
897	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster fragment. From a figure of a lion (or sirus) carved in very high relief as part of the decoration of a mace head. [drawing]
899	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fragment of in crystaline alabaster.
903	(none)	(none)	B14973	Alabaster bowl 3 fragments. In fine pink-veined alabaster.
911	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fragment of.
1521	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription.
2638	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pot fragment. Marble, with him in low relief, standing on brick pavement. [drawing 1:2]
2740	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl fragment. From shallow bowl, scalloped on outside.
2756	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inscribed alabaster vase. Fragment. About BC 2800. H.C. [drawing]
2996	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster vase. Small fragment. Inscribed. (To) his king (?) For the life of dDun-gi, the mighty hero, king of Ur, ( ) na-ga
3339	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster palette. For use in crushing toilet powders? Surface is hollowed by grinding.
6060	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster [seems to be corrected as white calcite] pin. Chipped.
6061	(none)	(none)	B16357	Alabaster pin. E.
6156	(none)	(none)	B16211, B16211	White alabaster bowl fragment. Incribed round belly. Part of ring base and belly alone remaining. Hole in in side close to ring base. Not required for Vols. IV, V, VI, VII. E.