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)
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.
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
20079 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 28. In fragments.
20090 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White Limestone [crossed out] White calcite. Type
18459A (none) (none) (none) Unknown
18585I 33-35-128 (none) (none) [A-I] A set of weights. Weights in grains [A] (1) Diorite, pierced at one end. 413 grs. [B] (2) Hematite . 130grs. [C] (3) Hematite 64grs. [D] (4) Hematite 65grs. [E] (5) Steatite 37grs. [F] (6) Steatite 7grs. [G] (7) Steatite 10grs. [H] (8) Hematite 78grs [I] (9) Doubtful weight: white calcite shaped as a plano-convex brick 315grs.
19410B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 27
19411B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 27
19412B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 27
19414B 35-1-189 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type JN 27
19521B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 White [Crossed out] stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 26
19526B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 26
19533B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone vases. White calcite. Type JN 27

Child Terms

Alabaster - Calcite

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