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)
19414B 35-1-189 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type JN 27
19271 35-1-190 (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. Type 28.
19011 35-1-191 (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. Type 54.
19135 35-1-194 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type 106.
19171 35-1-195 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60b.
19538 35-1-196 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60b
19060 35-1-198 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type 62.
19015 35-1-199 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. In poor condition. Type 5.
19428 35-1-42 (none) (none) Kohl-pot. 'alabaster'. rectangular ram[?]-shaped on 4 short legs, rope moulding along shoulder : 2 cylinder receptacles.
19744 35-1-43 (none) (none) Alabaster lamp.
19409 35-1-521 (none) (none) Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type 27
19671 35-1-522 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type JN
19434 35-1-525 (none) (none) Stone bowl. Veined quartzite. Type 24
19425 35-1-526 (none) (none) Stone bowl. Veined calcite. Open shallow lines[?] Type
19458 35-1-556 (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. Type 48
19524 35-1-557 (none) (none) Stone vase. 'alabaster'. Type 26
19433 35-1-583 (none) (none) Stone bowl. Veined calcite. Type 19 d (in fragments) Broken and rivetted in antiquity.
19222 35-1-596 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type 64. (in fragments).
19727 35-1-651 (none) (none) Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 26.
16529B 52-30-66 (none) (none) White calcite bowl. Fragment. Sin-igis(am) H.C. 30/III,2.
7940 87-28-13 (none) (none) Stone vase. Calcite. White. Part of rim broken (and mended) and part missing. Stone type LVI.
10824I 87-28-22 (none) (none) Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.]

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Alabaster - Calcite

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