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)
284	(none)	(none)	B14937, B14937	Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1.
274	(none)	1923,1110.29	(none)	Burnt fragment of alabaster vase. Dedicated by a patesi of UD.NUN.KI. Placed in IN/No. 1.
11202	(none)	(none)	(none)	Calcite Block. Shaped like a brick.
9743	(none)	(none)	(none)	Calcite Bowl Poor condition Surface reddened and powdered through decay Type XVIII
9724	(none)	(none)	B17136	Calcite bowl Translucent Type XVIII
11675	(none)	1929,1017.61	(none)	Calcite Bowl. Fragment. Dedication by a King of Ur: name mostly broken: possibly Mes-ki-ag-nun of 1st. Dyn.?
10746	(none)	(none)	B16919, B17087	Calcite Lamp Translucent. White Decorated with a man-headed couchant bull in relief. Head horned and bearded. Beard, mane, and all hairy portions of body painted black. Much of paint remains and has been preserved.
11132	(none)	1935,0113.756	(none)	Calcite Vase. badly broken. Virtually complete.
10323	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Calcite? White. 2 lapis caps inserted into the ends of the seal present a flat lapis surface thus giving the seal the appearance of having a solid lapis core. 2 registers: Upper: Enthroned deity in front of a (champagne?) vase out of which rises (corn?) 2 bird-headed figures wearing sheep-skin skirts approach it. Between them the crescent moon: one carries an offering vase. On either side of each palm a bird-headed figure.
9310	(none)	(none)	B17009	Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba
8575	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Very archaic design One human figure and 3 large pots? (see PG 313)
8389	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal of translucent green calcite(?) Much discolored. Rampant animals.
16555	31-43-20, 31-43-20	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, white calcite. Ga-ad-i(?)-li(?)-a, daughter of Ah(?)-na-nu-um H.C. 30/II, 11
19196	(none)	1935,0112.40	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Broken and mended, the surface a good deal perished. Fighting animals.
13542	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Very poor condition. Rampant lions crossed.
19130	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Translucent calcite. Geometric.
19205	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Translucent greenish calcite. Two registers: above, banquest scene. Below, men and animals. The stone somewhat decayed and the seal partly defaced by adhering copper.
13574	(none)	1930,1213.518	(none)	Cylinder seal. White calcite. Rampant lions, gazelles and bird-headed men.
19214	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White calcite. Two registers: above, a hero fighting beasts. Below, a row of animals. The stone somewhat blistered and distorted.
686	(none)	1923,1110.189	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. A seated god: before him an altar behind which a standing god introducing an adorant: behind, the remains of 2 columns of inscription. Work poor and inscription very scratchy.[drawing]
12667	(none)	1929,1017.380	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Greenish. Bird headed men, shock headed and rampant beads, (lions and antelopes).
13515	31-17-117	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting.
12040	(none)	1929,1017.385	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Calcite. Light green. Translucent. 2 antelopes.
19485	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Rough and primitive design of fish (?)
13516	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Rampant lions crossed, rampant gazelle, bird-headed(?) warriors.