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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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
19727 35-1-651 (none) (none) Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 26.
19729 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 40. Found with JN clay type 21
19744 35-1-43 (none) (none) Alabaster lamp.
19745 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster lamp. In the form of a shell. The five projections serving as spouts. On the under side at one end is carved a bat's head.
19750 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl [crossed out] vase. White calcite. JN 26
19751 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl [crossed out] vase. White calcite. Type 27
19753 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Calcite. JN 26
19757 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type JN 28
19758 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. Diorite [crossed out] Calcite. JN 26
19770 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster lamp.
19771 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 26
19779 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 26
19805 (none) (none) (none) Stone lamp. Alabaster. [drawing]
19828 35-1-179 (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. JN 26
19836 35-1-176 (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. JN 26
19867 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Large oval flat shells, small cylinders, one red stone (steatite?) and one hematite ring, one calcite rhomboid.
19873 (none) 1935,0112.71 (none) Stamp seal. White calcite. Triangular with rounded corner. One corner missing : on the remaining surface, 2 animals.
19883 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. JN 17
19887 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. JN 40
19897 35-1-182 (none) (none) Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28
19911 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. alabaster. JN 26
19924 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. Type 17
19925 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Whtie calcite. JN 26
20059 35-1-186 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Miniature. JN 28
20060 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Alabaster. Miniature. JN 28

Child Terms

Alabaster - Calcite

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