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)
7503	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White calcite. Minor deity greeting major deity? Inscribed: Isib ^dNin-Subur (=Priest of Ninsubur, or nom. prop.) SAL-Ku-a [crossed out] Nin-a ba-ku(?)-ma(?)-ti
7633	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature hands. Alabaster. White. Fragment. Part of statuette? representing a figure with right hand clasped over left. 4 fingers of left hand and 2 of right alone remain. Tips of 2 fingers of right hand only, nails carefully carved. Tips of fingers of left hand missing; hand partially closed. Little finger of right hand rests on first finger of left hand.
7635	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type XXXIX = RC.89.
7637	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Type LI.
7638	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type LII stone
7645	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Type III.
7647	(none)	1928,1009.517	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Type X stone.
7649	(none)	1928,1009.500	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. Yellowish and veined. Type XXXIX.
7654	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White, yellowish veins. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Part of rim missing. Type LVI.
7655	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Greenish. Broken but complete. Type XXIV stone.
7800	(none)	(none)	(none)	White alabaster Inscription giving end of dedication formula. HC 31
7807	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster vase fragment Rimus: ded. to Sin (from booty of Elam?) Lines 1-9 of an inscription identical with that of vase C, SAK p. 162 except line 2 which is ^dEN-ZU: NB.2 or 3 signs scratched on the base. HC 76
7840	(none)	1928,1009.421	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. Inscribed A-gir-gal. Type 39 new. HC.43 [drawing]
7843	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of vase. Alabaster. da-n)um; sar; ki-ib-i)a-tum. HC.46.
7936	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Alabaster. Veined. Yellowish. Type? LVII.
7937	(none)	1928,1009.510	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Veined. Broken and mended. Part of rim missing. Type LVIII.
7938	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Portion of rim missing. Stone type LVII.
7940	87-28-13	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Part of rim broken (and mended) and part missing. Stone type LVI.
7998	(none)	1928,1009.423	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Small vertical-sided bowl; covered with a cockle-shell containing green pigment. Type VI.
7999	(none)	1928,1009.427	(none)	Stone vase. Hemispherical bowl. White calcite(?) blackened by fire. Containing black substance, presumably a pigment. Type IX.
8030	(none)	1928,1009.494	(none)	White calcite vase Type LXIII
8091	(none)	(none)	(none)	Plaque of yellowish white calcite. Intended for inlay: thick, with 2 holes bored at the back to meet, for the wire holdfast.
8102	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. Calcite. White. Part of rim missing. Stone type _.
8122	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Part of rim missing. Type I. stone.
8134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Calcite. Grey. Veined. Blackened by fire. Portion of rim missing. Type LXV stone.