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)
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
883	(none)	1923,1110.56	(none)	Alabaster vase fragment (about 1/3) of, giving complete section, of carinated cylindrical jar with plain everted rim in pink-veined mackeral alabaster.
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
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
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.
892	(none)	1923,1110.64	(none)	Alabaster bowl, fragment of highly colored veined alabaster. About 1/3 of bowl, composed of 4 fragments, stuck together. Type RC.25.
8937	(none)	(none)	B17110	Stone vase. White Calcite. (Rim broken). Type LXIII
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]
8973	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. White calcite. Saucer type. [Original catalog card replaced, likely not Woolley: Stone bowl, white calcite, Type 57, ht 0.05m, d. 0.018m PG 433 (B.4107)]
8978	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. White calcite. Spill Vase. Type LXXXVI.
8979	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spill-vase. (broken) White calcite. Type LXXXVI.
8980	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. White calcite. Type LXXXV.
899	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fragment of in crystaline alabaster.
8998	(none)	1928,1009.497	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. rim chipped. Type LXIII.
9007	(none)	(none)	B17119	Vase Calcite Yellowish Stone Type LXIII
903	(none)	(none)	B14973	Alabaster bowl 3 fragments. In fine pink-veined alabaster.
908	(none)	1923,1110.22	(none)	Broken alabaster jar. 9 line inscription containing a [ins: 8ft of] [crossed out: dedication to or for (possibly) a] a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur by Utti... of Ninni his beloved son.
910	(none)	1923,1110.57	(none)	Alabaster vase. Fragment.
911	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fragment of.