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.
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) |
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![]() | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | unknown |
![]() | 884B | (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 |
![]() | 884C | (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 |
![]() | (none) | (none) | 1935,0112.7 | (none) | (none) |
(none) | (none) | (none) | B15275 | Unknown | |
(none) | (none) | (none) | B16318 | Unknown | |
(none) | (none) | (none) | B16329 | Unknown | |
(none) | (none) | (none) | B17140 | Unknown | |
![]() | 11970B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Pin. Type VI B. With it a [B] cylinder seal of green calcite(?) much decayed: 2 registers with seated figures, archaic. |
![]() | 20090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White Limestone [crossed out] White calcite. Type |
![]() | 20090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White Limestone [crossed out] White calcite. Type |
![]() | 167A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
![]() | 439A | (none) | (none) | B14934 | (none) |
![]() | 18308A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
![]() | (none) | 30-12-10 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] |
12034 | 30-12-11 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Shell. Decayed. Fighting beasts (lions?). | |
11401 | 30-12-23 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Pinkish grey steatite. Early type. Subject: 2 figures with bird-like heads seated facing each other and drinking through tubes from a common vessel. They are seated in a boat with high stem and prow, a reed plant (?) at the end of the boat and below objects like reed bundles. | |
11896 | 30-12-31 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Pale green calcite. (1 side decayed) human-headed bulls & heroes fighting. | |
(none) | 30-12-33 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
11725 | 30-12-40 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. A god with one foot on a hill, & 3 worshippers. Inscription (Lug)al(?)-(?)-la(?)-ni dub-sar(=scribe). | |
12091 | 30-12-41 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Shell. White. Presentation scene before seated deity, inscribed? Very poor condition: no photos possible. | |
13031 | 30-12-44 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure. | |
11443 | 30-12-49 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5. | |
(none) | 30-12-52 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
(none) | 30-12-53 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] |
Related Terms
Apatite - Aragonite - Chlorite - Dolomite - Feldspar - Gypsum - Magnesite - Pigment - Serpentine - Semi-precious
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